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Carl Larsson
Swedish 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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Painting ID:: 41604
Drama in Born
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1907
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Painting ID:: 41605
Dancing Girls Charcoal
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1914
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Painting ID:: 41606
Teresa Vitti Etching
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1888-1889
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Painting ID:: 41607
Graziella Asking Whether She will do as a Model Ething
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1888
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Painting ID:: 41608
Fame
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1897
Study for a Ceiling mural in the foyer of the Royal Dramatic Theater
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Carl Larsson
Swedish 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.
. Related Artists to Carl Larsson: | Nicolaas Pieneman | William Williams | Henriette Ronner-Knip | Edward john Gregory,RA.RI | Matthijs Maris |
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