Julius Kronberg, Swedish Academian

Julius Kronberg, Swedish Academian -


Speaking of Swedish painters, blog reader Staffan Alsparr shared some information about Julius Kronberg (1850-1921) " I thought it might be an artist you have not heard before, which is not strange at all, it is well known here also. "

Kronberg Portrait of Artur Hazelius 1910

Mr. Alsparr continues . "the two Swedish artists that most people do not know are Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson Kronberg was contemporary to them, even if it took a more academic path, and was very popular in its time, but largely forgotten today, like most academics. "

Julius Kronberg, David och Saul 1885

Julius Kronberg and her daughter, with preliminary coal for a mural

models by Julius Kronberg

"I thought you might find his work interesting, because it worked with matters of imagination and builds its own models, accessories and models to assist in this, like many others and as you wrote about imaginative Realism . "

Julius Kronberg Queen of Sheba

"His studio is now also part of Skansen, an outdoor museum in Stockholm, and is open to the public, but only a few weeks a year. "

Thank you, Staffan

:. links
Wikipedia Julius Kronberg

auction for David Page and Saul

Skansen Museum

Books: Nordic Orientalism: Paris and the Cosmopolitan Imagination 1800-100
Imaginative Realism: How to paint What Does not Exist
Blog post by Timothy Adkins with loads of photos