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Erik Tryggelin
Erik Viktor Tryggelin, born 25 June 1878 in Stockholm, died 9 August 1962 in Stockholm, was a Swedish artist, drawer and photographer. Biography Erik Tryggelin studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (''Konstakademien'') in Stockholm. Then he studied in Paris for some time, during the period of October 1911 until January 1913. In Paris he lived a normal artists' life with his Swedish fellows, for instance David Wallin (1876–1957), Svante Kede (1877–1955), Otto Strandman (1871–1970), Fritz Lindström (1874–1962) and Svante Nilsson (1869–1942). In Paris he accompanied the art scene and he discovered modernism. In the springtime of 1912 he went to the gallery Bernheim-Jeune and saw the futurists. In 1906 Galerie Bernheim-Jeune was installed in 25, Boulevard de la Madeleine in Paris. Originally an art dealer in Brussels, Alexandre Bernheim moved to Paris in the late 1880s. He opened a gallery there, where his two sons, Joseph, known as Josse, and Gaston, soon cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Tryggelin
Erik Viktor Tryggelin, born 25 June 1878 in Stockholm, died 9 August 1962 in Stockholm, was a Swedish artist, drawer and photographer. Biography Erik Tryggelin studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (''Konstakademien'') in Stockholm. Then he studied in Paris for some time, during the period of October 1911 until January 1913. In Paris he lived a normal artists' life with his Swedish fellows, for instance David Wallin (1876–1957), Svante Kede (1877–1955), Otto Strandman (1871–1970), Fritz Lindström (1874–1962) and Svante Nilsson (1869–1942). In Paris he accompanied the art scene and he discovered modernism. In the springtime of 1912 he went to the gallery Bernheim-Jeune and saw the futurists. In 1906 Galerie Bernheim-Jeune was installed in 25, Boulevard de la Madeleine in Paris. Originally an art dealer in Brussels, Alexandre Bernheim moved to Paris in the late 1880s. He opened a gallery there, where his two sons, Joseph, known as Josse, and Gaston, soon cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Vuillard
Jean-Édouard Vuillard (; 11 November 186821 June 1940) was a French painter, decorative artist and printmaker. From 1891 through 1900, he was a prominent member of the Nabis, making paintings which assembled areas of pure color, and interior scenes, influenced by Japanese prints, where the subjects were blended into colors and patterns. He also was a decorative artist, painting theater sets, panels for interior decoration, and designing plates and stained glass. After 1900, when the Nabis broke up, he adopted a more realistic style, painting landscapes and interiors with lavish detail and vivid colors. In the 1920s and 1930s he painted portraits of prominent figures in French industry and the arts in their familiar settings. Vuillard was influenced by Paul Gauguin, among other post-impressionist painters. Early life Jean-Édouard Vuillard was born on 11 November 1868 in Cuiseaux ( Saône-et-Loire), where he spent his youth. Vuillard's father was a retired captain of the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Isakson
Karl Oscar Isakson (16 January 1878, in Stockholm – 19 February 1922) was a Swedish painter who spent much of his professional life in Denmark where he is considered to be one of the fathers of Modernism. He had close associations with the Bornholm school of painters and made many paintings of Christiansø.Lars Rostrup Bøyesen "Karl Isakson" ''Kunstineks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon''. Retrieved 6 September 2011. He is cited as an artist who "sought to give their Biblical works a modern social and political context." Biography Isakson was brought up in difficult circumstances in Stockholm. His father, blacksmith Karl Frederik, died when he was only eight months old, leaving his mother, Mathilda, to raise him and his sister E ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
