Carl Larsson The Swedish Painter - From Unhappy Childhood to Sheer Bliss
Carl Larsson born in 1853, had a dark and unhappy childhood, struggling with both poverty and verbal abuse.
As a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, the hardship would continue with Carl working besides his studying to support his mother and brother with their everyday needs.
At the age of twenty-four he moved to Paris.
However, the years in Paris did not come easy.
In fact, Carl's struggling continued as a hardworking artist without any luck or fortune.
The young artist's hardship and struggling life would finally come to a stop, and take a positive turn when he at the age of twenty-nine, met the young Swedish artist Karin Berg.
Some of Larsson's Most Influential Works The six-year younger Karin, had also studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts and should follow the same path as so many other artist, and moved to Paris.
It was in Grez-sur-Loing, a Scandinavian artists' colony outside of Paris the couple first met, and a year later they got married.
It was during this period in Carl's life, he changed his painting technique from oil painting and started to paint in watercolor instead.
Furthermore, this was the period in his life he should paint some of his most influential works.
After a few years, Carl and Karin returned to their homeland.
Lilla Hyttnäs In 1884, the couples first child, Suzanne was born.
Another seven children should soon follow.
However, two of the children died tragically.
Mats at the young age of two months and Ulf at the age of eighteen.
Karin's father who was a successful business-person, gave the growing family a small cottage to live in.
This home should in the future be a symbol for the Swedish interior design.
Furthermore, this cottage, named Lilla Hyttnäs, should in the future be one of the most visited famous artist-homes in the world.
True Swedish Interior Design Karin's artistic talent and her ability in colors and design formed their house to become what is today the characteristics of true Swedish interior design.
The couple furnished the home to fit their unique taste of open and light spaces, in user-friendly rooms.
They choose bright colors with bold interior decorations, amplified with modern textiles in vivid color combinations such as green, blue and red.
This interior design was a huge contrast to the otherwise dark Victorian style with its over-opulence that ruled at the time in rest of Europe.
Important Heritage Site After the death of their famous parents, the surviving children wanted to keep their parents home just as it was.
Therefore, the "Carl and Karin Larsson's Family Association" was established and has then become a meaningful and important heritage site, representing a typical Swedish way of life.
If you ever visit the Larsson's home, you will catch a nostalgic glimpse into times long past, representing an echo of simpler times.
Loving and Idyllic Family Life Carl's love and affection toward his family and his lovely home, is so clear in so many of his works.
Carl found inspiration and models, not only from his wife and children, but also from the local craftsmen and women that helped the large family with their tasks.
His paintings of his wife is very moving.
Karin was a very beautiful woman indeed.
However, the paintings literally look as if his love for his wife is magnifying her natural beauty, in some way enhancing it.
Sheer Bliss Carl Larsson is very much one of the most loved artists in Sweden.
He represent a nostalgic era of simplicity that is sadly forgotten in today's harried pace of modern world.
Through his paintings, we are able to follow the life of Carl Larsson, as an artist, husband and father, and take part of a family that amplified a feeling of joy, happiness, love and treasured moments.
This loving and idyllic family life with sheer bliss of happiness, was a far cry from the unhappy childhood and the struggling years the artist once had experienced.
To read more of Sannel's articles, please visit her blog:http://sannellarson.
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As a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, the hardship would continue with Carl working besides his studying to support his mother and brother with their everyday needs.
At the age of twenty-four he moved to Paris.
However, the years in Paris did not come easy.
In fact, Carl's struggling continued as a hardworking artist without any luck or fortune.
The young artist's hardship and struggling life would finally come to a stop, and take a positive turn when he at the age of twenty-nine, met the young Swedish artist Karin Berg.
Some of Larsson's Most Influential Works The six-year younger Karin, had also studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts and should follow the same path as so many other artist, and moved to Paris.
It was in Grez-sur-Loing, a Scandinavian artists' colony outside of Paris the couple first met, and a year later they got married.
It was during this period in Carl's life, he changed his painting technique from oil painting and started to paint in watercolor instead.
Furthermore, this was the period in his life he should paint some of his most influential works.
After a few years, Carl and Karin returned to their homeland.
Lilla Hyttnäs In 1884, the couples first child, Suzanne was born.
Another seven children should soon follow.
However, two of the children died tragically.
Mats at the young age of two months and Ulf at the age of eighteen.
Karin's father who was a successful business-person, gave the growing family a small cottage to live in.
This home should in the future be a symbol for the Swedish interior design.
Furthermore, this cottage, named Lilla Hyttnäs, should in the future be one of the most visited famous artist-homes in the world.
True Swedish Interior Design Karin's artistic talent and her ability in colors and design formed their house to become what is today the characteristics of true Swedish interior design.
The couple furnished the home to fit their unique taste of open and light spaces, in user-friendly rooms.
They choose bright colors with bold interior decorations, amplified with modern textiles in vivid color combinations such as green, blue and red.
This interior design was a huge contrast to the otherwise dark Victorian style with its over-opulence that ruled at the time in rest of Europe.
Important Heritage Site After the death of their famous parents, the surviving children wanted to keep their parents home just as it was.
Therefore, the "Carl and Karin Larsson's Family Association" was established and has then become a meaningful and important heritage site, representing a typical Swedish way of life.
If you ever visit the Larsson's home, you will catch a nostalgic glimpse into times long past, representing an echo of simpler times.
Loving and Idyllic Family Life Carl's love and affection toward his family and his lovely home, is so clear in so many of his works.
Carl found inspiration and models, not only from his wife and children, but also from the local craftsmen and women that helped the large family with their tasks.
His paintings of his wife is very moving.
Karin was a very beautiful woman indeed.
However, the paintings literally look as if his love for his wife is magnifying her natural beauty, in some way enhancing it.
Sheer Bliss Carl Larsson is very much one of the most loved artists in Sweden.
He represent a nostalgic era of simplicity that is sadly forgotten in today's harried pace of modern world.
Through his paintings, we are able to follow the life of Carl Larsson, as an artist, husband and father, and take part of a family that amplified a feeling of joy, happiness, love and treasured moments.
This loving and idyllic family life with sheer bliss of happiness, was a far cry from the unhappy childhood and the struggling years the artist once had experienced.
To read more of Sannel's articles, please visit her blog:http://sannellarson.
blogspot.
se/