August Fredrik (Fritz) Lindström (5 July 1874 – 4 January 1962) was a Swedish landscape and portrait painter.

Biography

Lindström was born in

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. He first studied with the decorative painter Carl Grabow (1847–1922) at Karlavägen in Stockholm and then attended the Konstnärsförbundet school where he trained with

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in 1892–1894 and 1895–1896. He studied with

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1894–1895. He conducted study trips to

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and

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in 1897–1899. In 1903, he moved to

Arvika Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 14,244 inhabitants in 2010. Geography The town of Arvika is situated at Kyrkviken, a bay of Glafsfjorden, Sweden's only inland fjord, a remnant of the time ...

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with his wife Anna Lindström (1875–1909) and two children. He was attracted to Arvika by artist Björn Ahlgrensson (1872–1918) who was married to his sister, Elsa. Here he was part of the artist community which is referred to as the Racken colony () and which included artists including Christian Eriksson (1858–1935),

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(1868–1948) and his wife

Maja Fjæstad Kerstin Maria (Maja) Fjæstad née Hallén (1873–1961) was a Swedish artist who was successful as a portrait painter, as well as a textile artist and an engraver. Together with her husband Gustaf Fjæstad, at the turn of the century she became ...

(1873–1961). He died in 1962 at Arvika.

References

External links

Fritz Lindström, Rackstadmuseet, Arvika (''Swedish'')
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindstrom, Fritz 1874 births 1962 deaths 19th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 20th-century Swedish painters Swedish landscape painters 19th-century Swedish male artists 20th-century Swedish male artists