Carl Larsson
a tapestry, "Venus och Tummelisa", tapestry weave, ca 257 x 338 cm, signed C.L.del.1904.
Woven in 2002-2003 after the original cartoon at Ateliery Tapiserii S.R.O in Jindrichuv Hradec, the Czech Republic. A lush landscape with a river. Venus is drawn on a seashell by two birds, Tummelisa is drawn on a waterlily leaf by a butterfly. A wide border with running water and flowers, at the top in the middle an angel, at the bottom a cartouche with the text: I VÅRENS TID FRU VENUS DROG ATT SE SIG OM I NORDAN SKOG HÄR PÅ EN Å HON MÖTTE TUMMELISA OCH DÄRAF BLEF EN VÄF OCH DENNA LILLA VISA. A label at the back.
Insignificantly worn and dirty, minor stains.
Designer
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.
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