Carl LarssonSwedish Realist Painter, 1853-1919
Swedish painter, illustrator and printmaker. He came from a poor family and studied (1866-76) at the Konstakademi in Stockholm, supporting himself throughout this period. From 1871 to 1878 he contributed illustrations to the comic journal Kaspar and the Ny illustrerad tidning. From 1875, for several decades, he was a prolific book illustrator, his most renowned work in this field being his drawings for Föltskärns beröttelser ('The Barber-surgeon's tales'; pubd 1883-4) by Zacharius Topelius, and the Rococo-inspired watercolours for the Samlade skaldeförsök ('Collected attempts at poetry'; pubd 1884) by the 18th-century Swedish author Anna Maria Lenngren. |
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Frukost under stora bjorken
Frukost under stora bjorken ("Breakfast under the big birch"), 1896
Painting ID:: 59529
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Carl Larsson
Frukost under stora bjorken
Frukost under stora bjorken ("Breakfast under the big birch"), 1896 |
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