Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius (8 October 1878, Gothenburg - 2 January 1909, Älvängen) was a Swedish painter and

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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

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. The following year, he began formal studies at the Valand Academy, where he became friends with the sculptor,

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. He also took lessons at the School of Design and Crafts, in the department of decorative painting. In 1898, he was admitted to the

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, where he shared a studio with Henning. Ivar Arosenius med dottern Eva

He was, however, dissatisfied with the teaching methods there and switched to the

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('Artists' Association School'), where he studied with

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. After a short time there, he found himself dissatisfied again and returned to the Valand Academy; taking part in an exhibition created by Carl Wilhelmson. In Gothenburg, he collaborated with Henning and Ole Kruse. They were an odd group, because Kruse was a strict moralist whereas Arosenius was more devoted to pleasure. This was partly the result of his having been diagnosed with

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by a doctor who recommended that he consume alcohol to improve his blood's ability to coagulate. Henning often had to serve as a mediator. In 1903, he undertook a study trip to Europe, beginning with Munich. He then went to Paris and spent the summer in the fishing village of Coudeville-sur-Mer in

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. In 1905, he was back in Paris, participating in an exhibition of watercolors at the

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. He later spent some time painting in

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He eventually went to Stockholm and had a major showing at the

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. Soon after, he married Ida Adler and they settled in Åby, a small village near Kolmården Forest. They had a daughter that same year.''Minnesbilder av Ivar Arosenius - Ole Kruse - Gerhard Henning'', nedtecknade av

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m.fl, Rundqvists Boktryckeri, Göteborg 1956 It was then that he began contributing cartoons and drawings to ' and ''

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'', both humor magazines.

Hasse Zetterström Hans Harald "Hasse" Zetterström (23 May 1877 – 1 June 1946) was a Swedish author, columnist and editor Hasse was born 23 May 1877 in Stockholm, Sweden, to father August Zetterström and mother Elisabet Zetterström (née Carlberg). 1 June 194 ...

, the editor of ''Söndags-Nisse'', devoted an entire issue to his work in April 1907. Later, he decided to move his family to Älvängen, where his mother-in-law owned a small property with a view of the

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. They lived in a four room cabin with a studio. In 1908, he made a major breakthrough at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Östra kyrkogården. A major retrospective was held the year after his death. In the late 1960s, after his widow was killed in an accident in France, his cabin was torn down and the doors (made familiar by one of his popular illustrations) were installed at the Parish Church in Starrkärr. In 1978, his self-portrait was featured in a series of postage stamps which also included Karl Isakson and . The high school in Älvängen is named after him as is the "Aroseniusvägen", a street in

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, Stockholm. Another street in Gothenburg, the "Aroseniusgatan" was named after him in 1944.''Göteborgs gatunamn'', Carl Sigfrid Lindstam, utgiven av Göteborgs drätselkammares gatunamnberedning 1945, sidan 105

Selected works

Troll-Arosenius.jpg, The Princess and the Troll Life and Death (Ivar Arosenius) - Nationalmuseum - 24307.tif, Life and Death Arosenius2a.jpg, Dreams of Love The First Tavern (Ivar Arosenius) - Nationalmuseum - 24439.tif, The First Tavern Arosenius3a.jpg, The Girl and the Candle

References

External links

More works by Arosenius
@ ArtNet
Works by Arosenius
@ The Athenaeum
''Kattresan''
his best known picture book, digitalized at the Litteraturbanken {{DEFAULTSORT:Arosenius, Ivar 19th-century Swedish painters 19th-century Swedish male artists Swedish male painters 20th-century Swedish painters 20th-century Swedish male artists 20th-century Swedish male writers Deaths from choking Deaths from bleeding 1878 births 1909 deaths

Biography

Selected works

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