Josef David Ossian Elgström (19 November 1883 – 20 May 1950) was a Swedish illustrator and writer.

Personal life

Born in

Strövelstorp Strövelstorp is a locality situated in Ängelholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom ...

, Elgström was a brother of writer and visual artist Anna Lenah Elgström.

Career

Elgström studied at the

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ...

from 1906 to 1907, and then with

Kristian Zahrtmann Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, (31 March 1843 – 22 June 1917) was a Denmark, Danish Painting, painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and ...

in 1907 and with

Christian Krohg Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and s ...

in 1908. He contributed to the magazines ''Strix'', ''

Söndags-Nisse ''Söndags-Nisse'' (Swedish: ''Sunday Nisse'') was a humor magazine published in Stockholm, Sweden. It was in circulation between 1863 and 1924. History and profile ''Söndags-Nisse'' was founded by Gustaf Wahlbom in 1862. The magazine contribu ...

'' and ''Puck''. He collected folkloristic material from

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

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and Lappland, which he used in his books. Among his books are ''Lapska myther'' (1914), ''Lappalaiset'' (1919), and ''Karesuando-lapparna'' (1922). His work was also 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

1883 births 1950 deaths Swedish illustrators Swedish male writers People from Ängelholm Municipality Swedish ethnologists Olympic competitors in art competitions {{Sweden-writer-stub