Carl Larsson (–) is one of Sweden's most popular artists of all time. Most people associate him with the pictures from his own home in Sundborn just outside Falun in Dalarna. This year, a hundred years after the artist's death, Nationalmuseum draws attention to a lesser-known side of Carl Larsson's artistry, that as an illustrator of books and magazines. Welcome to the Old Library.
In Nationalmuseum there are many examples of Carl Larsson's art. The lower staircase in the entrance hall is decorated with Carl Larsson’s frescoes, which he began painting in They portray the history of Swedish art, from David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl to Johan Tobias Sergel. The main walls of the upper staircase show his fresco Gustav Vasa Entering Stockholm, with Mid-Winter Sacrifice on the facing wall.
Carl Larsson grew up in a poor family. His artistic talent was noticed at an early age, and he was sent in his teens to Principskolan, a sub-division of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts to which working-class students could apply. In , Larsson was admitted by the Royal Academy, and worked as an illustrator for magazines such as Kasper and Ny Illustrerad Tidning to earn his keep. It didn’t take long for th
Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson (28 May – 22 January ) was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He considered his finest work to be Midvinterblot (Midwinter Sacrifice), a large painting now displayed inside the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts.
Larsson was born on 28 May in the old town of Stockholm, at 78 Pr&#;stgatan. His parents were extremely poor, and his childhood was not happy.
Renate Puvogel, in her book Larsson, gives detailed information about Carl's life: "His mother was thrown out of the house, together with Carl and his brother Johan; after enduring a series of temporary dwellings, the family moved into Grev Magnigr&#;nd No. 7 (later No. 5) in what was then Ladug&#;rdsplan, present-day &#;stermalm". As a rule, each room was home to three families; "penury, filth and vice thrived there, leisurely seethed and smouldered, eaten-away and rotten bodies and souls. Such an environment is the natural breeding ground for cholera", he wrote in his autobiographical novel Me (Jag).
Larsson's father worked as a casual laborer, sailed as a stoker on a ship headed
Karin Bergöö Larsson
Swedish artist (–)
Karin Larsson, néeBergöö, (3 October &#; 18 February ) was a Swedish artist and designer who collaborated with her husband, Carl Larsson, as well as being often depicted in his paintings.
Early life and education
[edit]Karin Bergöö was born in Örebro and grew up in Hallsberg, where her father, Adolf Bergöö, was a successful businessman. Her younger sister, Stina, married the English geologist Francis Arthur Bather.[1] Karin showed early artistic talent, and after attending the Franska Skolan in Stockholm, studied at the Slöjdskolan (Handicrafts School; now Konstfack) and from to at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. After completing her studies there, she went to Grez-sur-Loing, outside Paris, where there was a colony of Scandinavian artists, to continue painting.[2]
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In Grez-sur-Loing she met Carl Larsson; they fell in love and in returned to Stockholm and were married, returning together to Grez-sur-Loing, where their first child, Suzanne, was born in The following year, they returned to Sweden.
In the Larssons went to Paris, on the suggestion of Pontus Fürstenberg of Gothenburg, who wan
– One of Sweden’s most well loved artists through the ages
Carl Larsson was born in Gamla stan, the old quarter of Stockholm, on 28 May His family was poor and Carl grew up in dismal circumstances. The only glimmer of hope was his strong artistic talent, which emerged early on in his life. When he was thirteen years old his teacher at the school for the poor persuaded him to apply for a place at Principskolan, the preparatory department of the Art Academy.
During the first years at Principskolan Carl found it difficult to settle in. His sense of social inferiority made him feel like an outsider. But that changed when, at the age of sixteen, he was moved up to the lowest department of the Art Academy. He began to feel more confident and it was not long before he became one of the central figures in student circles.
Turning point in Grez-zur-Loing
After the Art Academy Carl worked at illustrating books, magazines and daily newspapers. He also spent several years in Paris where he tried to establish himself as an artist, but in spite of all his hard work he never achieved any success.
The turning point came in when he moved to the Scandinavian artists’ colony in Grez-zur-Loing
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