Carl Ludvig Trägårdh (20 September 1861 – 5 June 1899) was a

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painter.

Biography

Trägårdh was born in Kristianstad, Sweden. He was the son of Lars Christopher Trägårdh and Göthilda Euphrosyne Littorin. Trägårdh studied with

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(1835–1903) and Anders Kallenberg (1834–1902) at the

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from 1881 to 1883. From 1883 to 1884, he studied with Hermann Baisch (1846–1894) in

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and with Joseph Wenglein (1845–1919) in

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until 1885. He then moved to France where he became a resident for the rest of his life. He exhibited both in France (Bordeaux. 1891) and in Sweden (Helsingborg. 1897; Gothenburg. 1898) as well as at the

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during 1893 in Chicago. He received a couple of medals and found a patron in the French singer and art collector

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(1830–1914) who bought some 40 paintings by him. He died during 1899 at the Hôpital de la Pitié in Paris. His production often consisted of landscapes featuring pastoral scenes. Trägårdh is represented at the

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, Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde and

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as well as at museums in

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, Gävleborg,

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and

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Gallery

Image:Carl Trägårdh-Pastoralt landskap med kor.jpg, ''Landscape with cows'' (1890) Image:Carl Trädgårdh - Dam med rött parasoll.jpg, ''Lady with a red parasol'' (1892)

References

Other sources

Carl Trägårdh in ''Nordisk familjebok'' (in Swedish)Lexikonett amanda och Kultur1 (in Swedish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tragardh, Carl 1861 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 19th-century Swedish male artists Swedish emigrants Immigrants to France People from Kristianstad Artists from Skåne County