Carl Larsson

The collections of art historian Carl G. Laurin, Stockholm; by descent within the family.

Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson. Separatutställning", September 1906, no. 57; Konstföreningens för södra Sverige Carl Larsson-utställning, Malmö, Sweden, June-July 1910, no. 26; Liljevalchs Konsthall (Liljevalchs Public Art Gallery), Stockholm, "Invigningsutställning. Larsson-Liljefors-Zorn", March-April 1916, no. 59; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Minnesutställning Carl Larsson", 6 March - 5 April 1920, no. 202; Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson", 6 February - 26 April 1992, no. 181; Göteborgs Konstmuseum (Gothenburg Art Museum), Sweden, "Carl Larsson", 6 June - 30 September 1992, no. 181; Ateneum Art Museum - Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, "Carl Larsson. In Search of the Good Life", 10 February - 29 April 2011; Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland, "Carl Larsson. Dreams of Harmony", 16 September 2011 - 8 January 2012; Nationalmuseum/Konstakademien, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson. Vänner & ovänner", 13 June - 3 November 2013.

IDUN. Illustrerad tidning för kvinnan och hemmet, N:o 1, Sunday 7 January 1912, reproduced as main illustration on the cover (fig. 1); Ernst Malmberg, "Larsson-Liljefors-Zorn. En återblick", 1919, mentioned p. 30 and illustrated full page in the plate section; Georg Nordensvan, "Carl Larsson. II. 1890-1919", SAK, 1921, mentioned p. 139 and illustrated half page, p. 143; Holger Nyblom, 'Hos Carl G. Laurin', article in (Ed. Albin Roosval) "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", 1924, mentioned p. 248 and illustrated half page, in interior photography from the study, p. 244 (fig. 2); Carl Larsson, "Carl Larsson. Skildrad av honom själv i text och bilder. En krönika sammanställd av Harriet och Sven Alfons", 1952, mentioned and illustrated half page, p. 206; Görel Cavalli-Björkman, "Carl Larsson. Porträttmålaren", 1987, mentioned p. 84 and illustrated half page, p. 85; Ulwa Neergaard, "Carl Larsson. Signerat med pensel och penna", 1999, mentioned and illustrated half page in colour, p. 360 as well as listed in the catalogue under year 1905, p. 104, no. 1168.

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.