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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:: 48949 Cottages
mk187
1894-95
Aquarium from series One home Publish 1899 32x43cm
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Painting ID:: 48950 Azalea
mk187
1906
Aquarium
45x62cm
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Painting ID:: 49504 Friluftsmalaren
mk198
1885
Nationalmuseum,Stockholm
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Painting ID:: 56389 self examination
mk247
1906,oil on canvas,37.625x24.25 in,95.5x61.5 cm,uffizi,florence,ltaly
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Painting ID:: 56400 brita at the piano
mk247
1908,pencil,charcoal and watercolor on paper,38.25x24.75 in,97x63 cm,private collection
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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: | Johann Liss | COYPEL, Antoine | Armand-Vincent de Montpetit | John Kensett | Serhii Vasylkivsky |
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