Gottfrid Samuel Nikolaus Kallstenius (13 July 1861 – 26 May 1943, Nacka) was a Swedish painter.

Biography

Gottfrid Kallstenius was born at

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, Sweden. His brother Evald Gustaf Götrik Kallstenius (born 1868) was a zoologist and member of the ill-fated Björling–Kallstenius Expedition. After preparatory studies with

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, he was admitted to the

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in 1884 and graduated in 1888 after receiving two medals for his work. In 1891, he married the painter Gerda Roosval. Shortly after, he was awarded a travel scholarship and they spent a summer in Paris, completing their educations. From there, they went to live in Le Pouldu, in

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, where

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had spent the previous summer. After about a year, they returned to Paris where he had further studies with

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. Eventually, they settled in the Swedish artists' colony at

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. In 1893 and 1894 they visited Italy, where he developed an interest in ornamentation and decoration. From 1898 to 1904, for an artist's fee and a share of tuition, he taught classes in decorative art. He became a full-time teacher in 1910, after failing to receive a professorship in landscape painting. In 1912, he was appointed a Vice-Professor.Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon, ''Gottfrid S N Kallstenius'' During this period he abandoned his earlier Realist styles. He performed several large works; notably, an altarpiece in Västervik and murals at the Nordstjernan building, as well as mosaics at the Konstnärshuset.Dag Widman, ''Konstnärernas hus. En mötesplats i svenskt konstliv under 100 år'', p. 54 Later, he did a large landscape painting for the foyer at the

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. He also wrote several texts on oil painting, including ''Oljemåleriet, färgstoff och bindämnen'' (Oil Painting, Dyes and Binders, 1913), ''Handbok i oljemålning'' (Handbook of Oil Painting, 1915) and ''Konsten, dess väsen och betydelse'' (Art: Its Essence and Meaning, 1931). Most of his later life was spent with his wife Gerda at a villa they had built in 1906 designed by the architect Gustaf E. Petterson (1887–1925). Their son, Evald Kallstenius (1898–1957) was also a painter.

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Biography
@ the '' Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon''
Biography
from the '' Nordisk Familjebok'' @

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More works by Kallstenius
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