Carl Larsson

Carl Larsson

Carl Olaf Larsson was born on May, 28th 1853 at Stockholm. His parents were farmers at Gamla Stan, he had an unhappy infancy because his family was poor. After a school for poor people he lived in Paris and worked as an illustrator for books or newspapers. In 1882 in a community of artist at Grez sur Loing he met his model and wife, a swedish painter, Karin Bergöö. He became a Professor of "Beau arts" school on 1889 at Gôteborg. He was a very indepedent painter with social ideas and didn't belong to a precise movement. He painted a lot of paintings for 20 years like : Fille d'Ève, Devant la glace, La route du village or Petite fille dans une chambre d'enfant . He used a lot of differents technics in his works : Watercolor, Charcoal, Chalk and ink. Furthemore he became famous in all  Europe. He died on January 22 nd  1919 at Sundborn at 65 years old.     

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