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Carl Larsson
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Fan account of Carl Larsson, a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement.
1853-1919
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In the Kitchen Garden https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/in-the-kitchen-garden-1883
In the Kitchen Garden
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Azalea https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/azalea-1906
Azalea
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Flowers on the windowsill https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/flowers-on-the-windowsill-1894
Flowers on the windowsill
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Otoсo https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/oto-o-1884
Otoсo
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Ulf. Nude Boy among Birches http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=25507&viewType=detailView
As the artist’s son Ulf turns around among the birch trunks, his body assumes a pose that resembles the slender, supple trees. Nordic nature was a common theme in 1890s art, but Carl Larsson’s daylight scenes with white birches stood out from the habitual twilight views (especially with pines against sunsets). The setting is Bullerholmen, an island in the Sundborn river, where the Larsson family used to go by rowing boat to bathe. Ulf, who is eleven in this painting, died in 1905 after a failed appendectomy.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The Day Before Christmas https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the-day-before-christmas-1892
The Day Before Christmas
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Self-Portrait http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+II+952
Self-Portrait
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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The Kitchen https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the-kitchen
The Kitchen
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The Still Life Painter https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the-still-life-painter
The Still Life Painter
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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November https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/november-1882
November
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Esbjorn https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/esbjorn-1900
Esbjorn
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Landscape Study from Barbizon http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=19198&viewType=detailView
In the late 1870s, Carl Larsson considered himself to be a history painter. However, that did not prevent him from making a number of nature studies in the French plein-air style. Larsson visited Barbizon together with his close friend Hjalmar Sandberg, who, unlike Larsson, focused exclusively on landscape painting. In picture after picture we can see how similarly Larsson and Sandberg portrayed the terrain – rugged and unkempt with thistles – indicating that they worked together and supported each other artistically in the early days of their time in France.
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Correspondence https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/correspondence-1912
Correspondence
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Under the Birches https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/under-the-birches-1902
Under the Birches
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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The Studio. From A Home (26 watercolours) http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24213&viewType=detailView
Carl and Karin Larsson combined new design with old traditions. Practicality dictated their interior design, but it was equally important that furniture and objects form an attractive harmony. This ideal was also propagated by others, including Ellen Key, who advocated homes that were in a new and light style, in her essay “Skönhet för alla” (Beauty for All) in 1899. The Larssons moved to Lilla Hyttnäs, a house in Sundborn, in the summer of 1889. Here, Carl and Karin together created the interiors that made their home famous. Karin designed the furniture and textiles, which she embroidered and wove. A studio was fitted up in one of the hallways. It features many eye-catching details, including the funny man crowning a column. When a larger studio extension was added, this room became a workshop for the whole family. The interiors of the Larsson home were characterised by rural simplicity. Nevertheless, every detail was carefully designed, with influences from England, Scotland and Japan. The kitchen, which was first and foremost a place for household chores, did not display the same modern interior style and comfort as the rest of the house
December 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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On the Farm https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/on-the-farm-1905
On the Farm
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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My Late Wife http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=19438&viewType=detailView
  
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The stable https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the-stable-1906
The stable
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Summer Morning, published in 'Lasst Licht Hinin' (`Let in More Light') https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/summer-morning-published-in-lasst-licht-hinin-let-in-more-light-1908
Summer Morning, published in 'Lasst Licht Hinin' (`Let in More Light')
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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In the Kitchen Garden http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24106&viewType=detailView
The vegetable patch is bathed in sunlight. Carl Larsson’s portrayal of light is so realistic that we almost share the girl’s experience of being blinded by it. There is not much shade in this picture. That is because the sun is high in the sky, but the artist has probably also chosen to leave it out to maximize the effect of strong sunlight. The painting was made in the international artist colony in Grez-sur-Loing south of Paris, where Larsson developed his watercolour technique in 1883–1884, in lighting conditions that were different from Sweden.
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Cartoon for the Fresco in the Lower Hall of the NM. The Art Academy: Taraval's Drawing School http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=25332&viewType=detailView
  
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Karin and Kersti https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/karin-and-kersti-1898
Karin and Kersti
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The Timber Chute. Winterscene. From A Home (26 watercolours) http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24199&viewType=detailView
  
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Lisbeth at the birch grove https://www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/lisbeth-at-the-birch-grove-1910
Lisbeth at the birch grove
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Portrait of a Boy. Study for Morning Prayers http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=20659&viewType=detailView
  
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM