Carl Larsson, 'Ute blåser sommarvind' ('Summer winds are blowing outside').

Lithograph. Aktiebolaget Ljus, Stockholm. Tryckt hos Iduns Kungl. Hofboktr. Sthlm. Image 27.9 x 99.5 cm.

Not examined out of frame. Timestained. Stains.

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Hjert & Hjert 114.

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Efter en målning utförd 1902-03 för Latinläroverket i Göteborg, numera Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet. Barnen är på väg till skolan i Sundborn för att städa och dekorera den till skolavslutningen. Tre av Carl Larssons barn har stått modell. Lisbeth syns i mitten och bär på en stor krans, bakom henne går Brita med en bukett blåklint. Kersti håller en mugg med blommor till höger i motivet. I bakgrunden skymtar Sundborns kyrka och skola.

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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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