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John Bauer

(Ruotsi, 1882-1918)
Lähtöhinta
150 000 - 175 000 SEK
13 500 - 15 700 EUR
14 200 - 16 600 USD
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120 000 SEK
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John Bauer
(Ruotsi, 1882-1918)

"Stugan vid bergets fot" (The cottage at the foot of the mountain)

Signed and dated with dedication: "Till Katarina från John 1914". Watercolour, gouache, indian ink and pencil on paper 32 x 34.5 cm.

Näyttelyt

The Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "John Bauer. En konstnär och hans sagovärld", 26 December 1981-12 April 1982, cat no 105.

Muut tiedot

Illustration to Elsa Beskows story "När trollmor skötte kungens storbyk" from the book "Bland tomtar och troll", 1914.

Suunnittelijat

John Bauer was born in 1882 and was a Swedish artist, primarily renowned for his paintings and illustrations in the early editions of the fairy tale collection "Bland tomtar och troll”. Thanks to his magical illustrations of princesses, trolls, and giants, Bauer has significantly influenced our perception of creatures and mythical figures in traditional Swedish stories and Nordic folklore.
Bauer grew up in Jönköping, and a large part of his artistry was inspired by the mystical forests of Småland, where trolls and other beings seemed to emerge from the rocky outcrops. During his years of study, he was fascinated by early German and Italian painting but soon returned to the Swedish fairytale forest. At the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, he met his future wife, Esther Ellqvist, who often posed as a model and served as inspiration for the princess Tuvstarr in Bauer's works.
Most of Bauer's paintings are created using watercolors, although he has also produced some using oil. By the 1910s, thanks to his fairy tale paintings, Bauer was already an established and beloved artist when he chose to conclude his role as a fairy tale illustrator. In his final years, he explored other imaginative expressions that would shape Bauer's last works, such as "The Dancing Nymphs" and "Blue Eva". John Bauer's final significant painting was created for the auditorium at Karlskrona Girls' School in 1917, an oil painting depicting the goddess Freja, with his wife Esther as a model.
The entire Bauer-Ellqvist family died in a boat accident when the steamer Per Brahe sank during an autumn storm on Vättern on November 20, 1918.

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