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Carl Larsson

(Sweden, 1853-1919)
Estimate
100 000 - 125 000 SEK
8 830 - 11 000 EUR
9 210 - 11 500 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
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Caroline Lindahl
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Carl Larsson
(Sweden, 1853-1919)

'Amor och Psyche' (Cupid and Psyche) - study for the fresco 'Bildhuggarkonsten'

Signed C.L. Charcoal and Indian ink on canvas 65 x 45 cm.

Provenance

Direktör Peter Hammargren (1923-2020).
Därefter i arv inom familjen.

Exhibitions

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson-utställningen", Februaru 6 - April 25, 1992 and Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, June 6 - September 30, 1992, cat. no 224.

Literature

Nationalmuseum, Torsten Gunnarsson, "Carl Larsson, En utställning ingående i Nationalmuseums 200-årsjubileum", Bra Böcker, Stockholm, 1992, listed in the catalogue with no 224 and illustrated full page p. 203; Ulwa Neergaard, Carl Larsson; "Signerat med pensel och penna", 1999, illustrated p. 189 compare no 672 and no 699 illustrated p. 190 ff., listed in the catalogue under 1895-96 with no 672a.

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Artist

Carl Larsson is considered one of the greatest Swedish artists of all time. He was born in Gamla Stan in Stockholm and studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in the years 1866-76. After his studies in Stockholm, he traveled to France and settled in Grèz-sur-Loing. There he mainly painted garden motifs. In France, he met his future wife Karin Bergöö, who was also an artist and came to mean a lot for his artistry. Already during his student years, he made a living as a photo retoucher and cartoonist in the press. It was also during his studies that Larsson got to know Anders Zorn and Bruno Liljefors, together the three are usually called the ABC artists. At the end of the 1880s, Carl and Karin were given "Lilla Hyttnäs" in Sundborn outside Falun by Karin's father, and this is where Larsson's most famous watercolors depicting his family were created. The motifs often depict sunny landscapes with children, crayfish fishing, meals in the green and interior scenes. Larsson is represented, among other, in the National Museum, where "Gustav Vasas intåg i Stockholm" and "Midvinterblot" fills the stairwell. Represented mainly at the National Museum in Stockholm and at the Gothenburg Art Museum.

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