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Konstnärsförbundets Skola
was a painting school in Stockholm, Sweden, which was offered by ('the Artists' Society') 1890–1908. The latter association was in turn established in opposition to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. One of the school's co-founders was Richard Bergh. The school had several well-known teachers, including Anders Zorn, Nils Kreuger and Karl Nordström, in addition to Bergh himself. Several of the alumni would distinguish themselves on the contemporary Swedish visual arts scene. The group ', for example, consisted mainly of pupils from the school. First school 1890–1896 In 1886, was formed due to dissatisfaction with the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. With this came a desire for an independent art school. In Denmark there were already two art schools outside the Academy, Krøyer's and Zahrtmann's schools. therefore decided to start teaching and Richard Bergh would be the one to lead it. As a teacher, he was considered generously oriented in his relations with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bergh Vid Konstnärsförbundets Skola
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ester Almqvist
Ester Dorothea Almqvist (3 November 1869 – 11 June 1934) was a Swedish artist who was a pioneer of Expressionist painting in Sweden. Family and education Almqvist was born in Bromma but spent her childhood in Stockholm, where her parents taught in a school for Christian missionaries. She is the female artist who is represented with most artworks in the collections of Malmö Konstmuseum, a total of 2,083 pieces. She had specified in her will that her collection of oil and watercolour paintings, charcoal, pastel and ink drawings, graphic pages and sketchbooks should be donated to that particular museum. Her father, a priest, died when she was nine. Her mother worked as a private tutor and book seller for the sake of providing for her family. Almqvist was born with a deformed spine that limited her mobility throughout her life but also gave her freedom to study art instead of being confined to housework. She attended the Technical School in Stockholm, graduating in 1891, and sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Gyllenhammar
Gerhard Gyllenhammar (7 February 1873 – 16 September 1968) was a Swedish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References 1873 births 1968 deaths 20th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters Olympic competitors in art competitions Artists from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish male artists {{Sweden-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmer Osslund
Jonas Helmer Osslund, originally Åslund (22 September 1866, in Tuna Parish, Medelpad – 11 July 1938, in Stockholm) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in motifs from Lappland and often painted on greaseproof paper. Biography His father, Daniel (1826–1885), was a painter of some local note. His brother, , was also a painter and his half-sister, was an author. He changed his name from Åslund to Osslund when he lived in America, to make the correct pronunciation more obvious. After his basic education, he attended the (secondary school), then moved to the United States to study engineering. At the age of twenty, he began painting and was employed by the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory. In 1890, they paid for a study trip to Paris. Rather than return, he quit his job and began taking lessons at the Académie Colarossi in 1894. He also absorbed Symbolism from lessons from Paul Gauguin and worked with Jens Ferdinand Willumsen. Eventually, he ran out of money and had to go ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bror Lindh
Bror Johan Lindh, born Bror Jansson (19 July 1877, Prästbol, Kil Municipality - 6 February 1941, Grönäs, Karlstad Municipality) was a Swedish painter, graphic artist and cartoonist. He specialized in winter landscapes. Life and work He was part of the Jansson family, whose members had worked as painters since the 1700s. His father, the artist Carl Jansson (1844-1914), added Lindh to their name during a trip to Stockholm in 1863. He had it legally changed a few years before his death. His initial art lessons came from his father, a versatile craftsman who decorated homes and painted furniture. When he had learned his craft, he began working as a decorative painter at a shop in Arvika. He also continued serving as an assistant to his father. Later, he took professional lessons from the artist and designer, Gustaf Fjæstad, who was impressed by his talent, and recommended that he apply for admission at the Swedish Artists' Association painting school. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Henning
Gerhard Henning (27 May 1880 – 16 September 1967) was a Swedish-Danish sculptor. While working at the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory, he designed a number of delicately decorated figurines. He is however remembered above all for his statues celebrating the female form. Early life After attending the Technical School in Copenhagen (1892–94), he worked for a couple of years as a house painter's apprentice before spending the winter of 1897–98 in Gothenburg. There he met the Swedish painter Ivar Arosenius (1898–1902) whose friendship greatly influenced his early work as a painter and illustrator. Their circle of friends was also inspired by the British illustrator Aubrey Beardsley whose erotic style is also reflected in Henning's early work."Gerhard Henning" ''Den Store Danske''. Retrieved 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Arosenius
Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius (8 October 1878, Gothenburg - 2 January 1909, Älvängen) was a Swedish painter and picture book illustrator. Biography His father Henrik (1841-1901) was a railway engineer and Captain of the Road and Water Engineering Corps. He began by studying for the real estate trade then, in 1895, he received his first artistic training from an amateur watercolorist. The following year, he began formal studies at the Valand Academy, where he became friends with the sculptor, Gerhard Henning. He also took lessons at the School of Design and Crafts, in the department of decorative painting. In 1898, he was admitted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, where he shared a studio with Henning. He was, however, dissatisfied with the teaching methods there and switched to the Konstnärsförbundets skola ('Artists' Association School'), where he studied with Richard Bergh. After a short time there, he found himself dissatisfied again and returned to the Valan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Löwstädt-Åström
Eva Matilda Löwstädt-Åström (5 May 1864 – 5 May 1942) was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Several different dates and years are given for her birth. This one is taken from her tombstone. Biography Eva Matilda Löwstädt was born in Stockholm in 1864. Her father, , was a master tailor. Her grandfather, Carl Teodor Löwstädt, was also a painter and graphic artist. Her sister, Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (better known as Emma Chadwick) also became an artist. After her primary education, she studied at the Kunsthochschule Tekniska Skolan (now known as the Konstfack) from 1885 to 1886. She also studied etching with Axel Tallberg. From 1887 to 1890, she continued her studies at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Julian in Paris. This was followed by a three-year stay in Italy. Upon returning to Sweden, she married Ludvig Åström. She became associated with the Konstnärsförbundets skola, and participated in many of their exhibitions. In the 1890s, she returned to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Sundström
Harriet Sundström, ( 23December 1872 – 28April 1961) was a Swedish landscape artist. Biography She was the younger daughter of Carl Rudolf Sundström (1841-1889) and Carolina Sofia Häggström (1849–1943) both of whom were educators. Her father was an ornithologist and doctor of zoology. Her mother was a journalist and foreign editor with '' Stockholms-Tidningen''. She was the sister of Ellen Ammann (1870–1932) who became a co-founder of the German Catholic Women's Association. Sundström studied at Tekniska Skolan in Stockholm, in Paris at Académie Colarossi with artists Franz Roubaud and Heinrich von Zügel and with Charles Tooby in Munich. She was also a student for artist Anders Zorn. She was part of the art-group "De Frie" and also created the organisation ''Originalträsnitt'' in 1911. She was vice president of the ''Grafiska Sällskapet'' in 1928 to 1937.Her art is on display at Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet, Zornmuseet, at museums in Malmö and Norrköpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Sager-Nelson
Johan Olof Gudmund Sager-Nelson (13 September 1868, By Parish, Värmland - 11 April 1896, Biskra, Algeria) was a Swedish painter. Many of his works are in the Symbolist style. Biography His mother, Emma Mathilda Sager (?-1873), was an amateur painter and illustrator. A few years after his mother's death, his father left him and fled to the United States after being convicted of embezzlement. He was then taken to Åmål, where he was raised by his grandmother and an aunt.Dick Harrison, ''Dalslands historia'' pg.315, Dalsland Explorer, Högsäter (2018) After completing his primary education, he worked briefly for a printer, then for an equally brief time in an office. In 1885, he went to Gothenburg to study engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. There, he met the artist and developed an interest in painting. In 1887, he quit before graduating. From 1888 to 1890, he was able to get art lessons from Bruno Liljefors at the Valand Academy. What he did immed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Von Hennigs
Gösta von Hennigs (15 April 1866 – 26 December 1941) was a Swedish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri .... Works File:Athletes (Gösta von Hennigs) - Nationalmuseum - 23811.tif, Athletes File:A Clown Playing the Violin (Gösta von Hennigs) - Nationalmuseum - 18920.tif, A Clown Playing the Violin File:Horsewoman (Gösta von Hennigs) - Nationalmuseum - 20230.tif, Horsewoman File:Gösta von Hennigs - Carnival - NM 1744 - Nationalmuseum.jpg, Carnival File:Music-Hall Scene (Gösta von Hennigs) - Nationalmuseum - 19005.tif, Music-Hall Scene File:Spanish Dance (Gösta Hennigs) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - GKM 0460.tif, Spanish Dance File:Gösta von Hennigs Horse Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Aguéli
Ivan Aguéli (born ''John Gustaf Agelii'') (May 24, 1869 – October 1, 1917) also named Shaykh ʿAbd al-Hādī al-ʿAqīlī ( ar, شيخ عبد الهادی عقیلی) upon his conversion to Islam, was a Swedish wandering Sufi, painter and author. As a devotee of Ibn Arabi, his metaphysics applied to the study of Islamic esoterism and its similarities with other esoteric traditions of the world. He was one of the initiators of René Guénon into Sufism and founder of the Parisian ''Al Akbariyya'' society. His art was a unique form of miniature Post-Impressionism where he used the blend of colours to create a sense of depth and distance. His unique style of art made him one of the founders of the Swedish contemporary art movement. Childhood and youth Ivan Aguéli was born ''John Gustaf Agelii'' in the small Swedish town of Sala in 1869, the son of veterinarian ''Johan Gabriel Agelii''. Through his mother, he was related to the 18th century Swedish metaphysician Emanuel Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
