Prins Eugen

In this painting Prince Eugen has depicted a beautiful summer day at the Drottningholm Palace Park, close to Stockholm. In the center is the famous Hercules Fountain, designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, surrounded by visitors strolling around it or resting on benches.

Prince Eugen was born at Drottningholm in 1865 as the youngest son of King Oscar II and Queen Sofia.
He showed early artistic talent and was eventually allowed to train as a painter in Paris. He initially sought his subjects in the central Swedish landscape, which he depicted with the eyes of a nature worshiper. After the acquisition of the estate of Waldemarsudde on Djurgården in Stockholm and the construction of the large villa there, he began to depict the gardens and the view from the headland towards Stockholm. He could study the harvest landscape of Östergötland during the summers at Örgården. As a fresco painter, he carried out work in Stockholm City Hall, among other places. Through his personality, his patronage and his own artistic endeavors, Prince Eugen became a unifying factor in the Nordic art world and had an importance that cannot be overestimated.

Prince Eugen i mainly represented at his former beloved residence Waldemarsudde, which is open to the public.