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Konstnärsförbundet
Konstnärsförbundet ('the Artists' Association') was an association of Swedish artists founded in 1886 in opposition to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Background and members The association demanded reforms in the Academy's organization, education and exhibition activities. The association's two exhibitions, "" ('From the Shores of the Seine') and "" ('The Opponents' Exhibition'), are regarded as the breakthrough for French-inspired ''En plein air, plein air'' painting in Swedish art. Some of the most important members were Nils Kreuger, Karl Nordström, Richard Bergh, J. A. G. Acke, Per Ekström, Gustaf Fjæstad, Per Hasselberg, Eugène Jansson, Ernst Josephson, , Eva Bonnier, Bruno Liljefors, Carl Larsson, Axel Sjöberg (painter), Axel Sjöberg, Carl Wilhelmson, , and Hanna Hirsch-Pauli, Hanna and Georg Pauli. The association dissolved in 1920. History Dissatisfaction with the academy Konstnärsförbundet emerged from the Opponenterna, opposition movement, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Nordström
Karl Fredrik Nordström (11 July 1855 – 16 August 1923) was a Swedish painter who specialized in landscapes. From 1896 to 1920, he was Chairman of the Association of Artists (Konstnärsförbundet). Biography His father was a police commissioner. He grew up in Stenkyrka Parish on the island of Tjörn until he was twenty, when he went to Stockholm to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, where his primary instructor was Edvard Perséus (1841–1890). From 1880 to 1882, he studied on his own in France, visited museums in Antwerp and Brussels and became influenced by Impressionism after seeing their Seventh Exhibition at Paris during 1882. He was able to get two paintings displayed at the Salon (Paris), Salon. Then, after a stay in Normandy, he returned home and remained there until 1886. In 1885, he was one of a group of 85 Swedish artists who became known as the opponents (''Opponenterna''). They were signatories of a written request to the Royal Academy of Arts for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opponenterna
('the Opponents') was a group of 84 Swedish artists who, under the leadership of Ernst Josephson, organized the Opponent Movement () in the 1880s. On 27 March 1885, the members submitted their written demands to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts for a modernization and reform of art education, exhibition activities and support for artists. However, their demands were rejected, which in turn led to the formation of the Konstnärsförbundet ('the Artists' Association') the following year. Members The movement primarily consisted of young artists, who had been to Paris and the Swedish artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing and were influenced by French painting, which soon had a great impact on the Swedish public as well. Some of the Opponents included August Hagborg, Per Hasselberg, , Ernst Josephson, Carl Larsson, Eugène Jansson, Richard Bergh, Arvid ''Mauritz'' Lindström, Karl Nordström, Johan Krauthén, and Georg Pauli. Most of them were stationed on Dalarö in the summers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Fjæstad
Gustaf Fjaestad (22 December 1868 – 17 July 1948) was a Swedish painter. Biography Gustaf Adolf Christensen Fjæstad was born in Jakobs parish in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Peder Christensen Fjæstad and Kristina Andersson. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1891–1892 and then during 1893 at the Academy of the Arts (''Konstnärsförbundets skola'') operated by Richard Bergh in Stockholm. Fjæstad belonged to the Artists' Association (''Konstnärsförbundet''). He assisted Bruno Liljefors during his decorative work for the Biological museum in Stockholm and collaborated with Carl Larsson on the murals now at the Stockholm National Museum. In 1897, he moved to Taserud near Arvika in Värmland. He held his first solo exhibition in Stockholm in 1908. In 1910 he again exhibited in Stockholm, in 1914 at Berlin and in 1927 at London. In 1932, a large exhibition of his works from later periods was shown at Värmlands Museum. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Kreuger
Nils Edvard Kreuger (11 October 1858 – 11 May 1930) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in landscapes and rural scenes. from the '''' @ Biography His father, Johan August (1821–1887), operated a lumber and wood products business. In 1874, he began his studies at the , but was forced to discontinue them due to illness. In 1878, he was able to resu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bergh
Sven Richard Bergh (28 December 1858 – 29 January 1919) was a Swedish painter, art critic and museum manager. Despite many years in France, he remained unattracted to Impressionism, preferring instead the Naturalism of painters such as Jules Bastien-Lepage. He also rejected the idea of creating landscapes en plein aire. Biography Both of his parents, Johan Edvard Bergh and Amanda Helander (1825–1888), were artists and, presumably, his first teachers. He began his formal studies with Edvard Perséus, at his private school then, from 1878 to 1881, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. His first works were scenes from Swedish history, painted in the Academic style. In 1881, he went to Paris, where he took lessons from Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Colarossi. His first exhibition at the Salon came in 1883 and he completed his studies in 1884. The following year, he and his friend, Ernst Josephson, became members of the Nordic art colony at Grez-sur-Loing. That same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Ekström
Per Ekström, also Pehr or Peter (23 February 1844 – 21 January 1935) was a Swedish landscape painter, known for his atmospheric scenes with sunsets, in barren or deserted places. Biography Ekström was born in the small village Segerstad in the south easts part of the island Öland in Sweden. His father was a house painter. He took drawing lessons as a child, then studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1865 to 1872, but was influenced by French painting rather than the prevailing Düsseldorf School. In 1876, thanks to the support of King Oscar II, he was able to go to Paris, where he lived until 1890. There, he came under the influence of the Barbizon School and Camille Corot. His first exhibit at the Salon was in 1878 and he won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889). After returning to Sweden, he lived in Öland, then Stockholm. On the advice of art collector and merchant Pontus Fürstenberg who was a major patron of the arts, he settled in Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors (; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.Hammond, Nicholas, ''Modern Wildlife Painting'', Pica Press, 1998, , pp.31–40. He also drew some sequential picture stories, making him one of the early Swedish comic creators. Biography Liljefors was born in Uppsala, Sweden. His parents were Anders Liljefors and Maria Margareta Lindbäck. He was brother of the composer and conductor Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936). He went to Uppsala Cathedral School for six years. He received instruction from 1879–1882 at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. From 1882-83, he made a study trip to Düsseldorf, Baiern Baiern is a community in the district of Ebersberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is a member of the administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Chadwick
Emma Chadwick, née Emma Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (10 August 1855, Stockholm – 2 January 1932, Avignon), was a Swedish painter who specialized in genre scenes and portraits. Biography She was the granddaughter of , a miniature painter and printmaker who was originally from Germany. Her father, was a master tailor. She began her artistic education at the Technical School, then studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1874 to 1880.Emma HA Löwstädt Chadwick in the Swedish biographical archives In 1881, after having spent the previous summers on the French coast, she went to Paris to finish her studies at the with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Smiths (Ernst Josephson) - Nationalmuseum - 19459
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Julia Beck
Julia Beck (20 December 1853 – 21 September 1935) was a Swedish painter and calligrapher. Biography Beck was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Franz Beck, a bookbinder. She was first educated at the sloyd school (later Konstfack) in Stockholm from 1869–1872. She then studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (1872–1878) and later at the Académie Julian in Paris (1883–1884), where her teachers included Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Afterwards, she settled in France, where she was to spend most of the rest of her life. For a time she rented a studio in Paris with Harriet Backer, Hildegard Thorell, and Anna Munthe-Norstedt, and she also spent time at the Grez-sur-Loing art colony. In 1886, she became a member of Nya Idun, a Swedish women's association. As a professional artist, she specialized in portraits for financial reasons, and she was one of the few Swedish women artists of her generation able to support herself through her art. However, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Thorell
Hildegard Katarina Thorell, née Bergendal, 22 May 1850 – 2 February 1930, was a Swedish painter. Biography Thorell was born in Kroppa parish, Värmland County, Sweden. She was the daughter of August Filip Bergendahl and Hildegard Wennerlund. In 1872 she married the auditor Oskar Reinhold Thorell. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1876 to 1879, where she was the only married female student. She became an agré at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1883 and was apprenticed to Bertha Wegmann. Later she travelled to Paris, where she studied with Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Thorell mainly painted large portraits, for example ''Modersglädje'' (1894), ''Portrait of a Distinguished Young Lady'' (1880), ''Portrait of a Young Girl'' (1916), ''Painting of Fanny Brate'' (1918) and '' Young woman with fan'' (1893). References Further reading *"Thorell, Hildegard Katarina" in ''Nordisk familjebok ''Nordisk familjebok'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
