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Biography of Carl Larsson

Swedish Naturalist painter, illustrator, printmaker, watercolorist and draftsman
born May 28, 1853 - died January 22, 1919
Also known as: Carl Olof Larsson, Carl Larson, Karl Larsson.
Swedish painter and interior designer.

The Swedish artist Carl Larsson was born in 'Gamla stan', the old town in Stockholm, on May 28, 1853. His parents were extremely poor and his childhood was sad and miserable. However, at the age of thirteen his teacher at the school for poor children urged him to seek entry into the 'principskola' of the Royal Swedish Academy of Art where Carl Larsson also got accepted. The first years at the 'principskola' he felt socially inferior, confused and shy. In 1869, sixteen years old, Carl Larsson got promoted to the 'antique school' of the same academy. There he became more sure of himself and he even became a central figure in student life.

After several years as illustrator for books, magazines and newspapers Carl Larsson also spent several rather frustrating years in Paris as a hardworking artist without any success.

The turning point in his life came the year 1882 when Carl Larsson in Grez, a Scandinavian artist colony outside Paris, met Karin Bergöö (1859-1928), who soon should be his wife. One could almost call it a metamorphose in his life. In Grez some of most important Carl Larsson paintings were painted - now in water-colour and very different from the more pretentious oil painting technique.

Through his Swiss paintings and his books this house has been one of the most famous artist-homes in the world. The descendants of Carl and Karin Larsson now own this house and they are happy to be able to keep the house open for tourists each summer from May until October.

Carl Larsson considered his monumental works, for instance the frescos in schools, museums and other public buildings, to be most important Carl Larsson art. His last monumental work 'Midvinterblot' (Midwinter Sacrifice) signed in 1915 and intended for the last wall in the staircase of the National Museum in Stockholm - which was not yet decorated by Carl Larsson - was refused by the board of the museum. In his memoirs 'Jag' ("I")-published after the death of him - declared his bitterness and disappointment with this reverse against the painting himself considered to be the crown on Carl Larsson painting as an artist. In his memoirs 'Jag' he wrote: "The fate of the 'Midwinter Sacrifice' broke me ! This I admit with a dark anger. And still, it was probably the best thing that could happen, for now my intuition tells me -again- that with all its weakness, this oil painting will once be honoured with far better placement after my death."