Carl Larsson

konstnär Olof Sörling, Stockholm
därefter i arv till sonen Erik Sörling
därefter i arv till dottern Karin Sörling
därefter i arv till nuvarande ägare (kusinbarn till Karin Sörling)

Under Carl Larssons uppväxt i Stockholm blev han god vän med Olof Sörling (1852-1927). Åren då de båda studerade vid Konstakademien vistades Carl ofta i Olof Sörlings föräldrahem. Olof Sörling var bl a tecknare hos Vitterhetsakademin. Han var under många år klubbmästare i Konstnärsklubben och lärde där känna många av de samtida konstnärerna. På Konstnärsklubben finns för övrigt ett porträtt av Olof Sörling tecknat av Carl Larsson.

Carl Larsson - Minnesutställning, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm 1953, katalognr 8a

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.