DOI Heft:
No. 132 ( March, 1904)
DOI Artikel:Tallberg, Axel: Modern painting in Sweden
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19881#0127
Modern Painting in Sweden
John Kindborg is a good painter of forest sub- He has had staunch and inflexible supporters
jects, and Oscar Hullgren is rapidly rising as a in Karl Nordstrom, a landscape painter of
marine painter. rare quality, Robert Thegerstrom, the eccentric
To the minor societies belong Otto Hesselbom, but always interesting Eugen Janson, Georg Pauli,
a landscapist possessing originality in the con- the genial sculptor, Kristian Eriksson, and in
ception of his subjects as well as in their rendering. Bruno Liljefors, the famous animal painter. These,
This artist is, curiously enough, far better known together with Larsson and Zorn, are the men who
abroad than he is at home, although he has never have given Sweden her present art, and established
been outside his native country. Members also of the prestige won by that art at home and abroad,
these societies are Fritz Karfve and Bengt Hed- The younger members of the "League" are
berg, landscape painters, and Anders Trulson, a mostly disciples of the leaders mentioned, but
figure painter of great ability. a few of them have already gained a well-deserved
Among the " Savages " who do not belong to fame for themselves. Among these, the best
any society or institution at all we find two names known are B. Ahlgrensson, Carl Wilhelmson, G.
well known and greatly honoured all over the world, Fjcestad, Esther Almquist, B. Lind, von Hennings,
Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson. Both have until and Axel Sjoberg.
quite recently been members
of the " League," but they have
now, for reasons unknown, left
that body. " Savages " are
also the eminently gifted
Gunnar Hallstrom and the
interesting landscape painter
Erik Hedberg.
I have purposely left the
" League " to the last: firstly,
because their best names are
already well known abroad ;
and, secondly, because they
themselves are very modest;
being, indeed, in art what the
" Puritans" of old were in
religion. Insisting always upon
rigid adherence to natural
simplicity, this excellent
quality is, I am tempted to
think, the sole secret of their
rapid success.
The most prominent painter
of the " League " at present is
Richard Bergh, who, since he
lefttheschools of theAcademy,
more than twenty years ago,
has passed through many
strange and remarkable stages
of artistic evolution. He is
now, however, the most sober
of artists, and at the same time
a profound thinker. Bergh is
a philosopher by nature and
an artist by impulse. He may
be regarded as the principal
maker of Swedish modern art,
and its foremost representative. " h.r.h. the crown prince of Sweden and Norway " by oscar bjorck
i i o
John Kindborg is a good painter of forest sub- He has had staunch and inflexible supporters
jects, and Oscar Hullgren is rapidly rising as a in Karl Nordstrom, a landscape painter of
marine painter. rare quality, Robert Thegerstrom, the eccentric
To the minor societies belong Otto Hesselbom, but always interesting Eugen Janson, Georg Pauli,
a landscapist possessing originality in the con- the genial sculptor, Kristian Eriksson, and in
ception of his subjects as well as in their rendering. Bruno Liljefors, the famous animal painter. These,
This artist is, curiously enough, far better known together with Larsson and Zorn, are the men who
abroad than he is at home, although he has never have given Sweden her present art, and established
been outside his native country. Members also of the prestige won by that art at home and abroad,
these societies are Fritz Karfve and Bengt Hed- The younger members of the "League" are
berg, landscape painters, and Anders Trulson, a mostly disciples of the leaders mentioned, but
figure painter of great ability. a few of them have already gained a well-deserved
Among the " Savages " who do not belong to fame for themselves. Among these, the best
any society or institution at all we find two names known are B. Ahlgrensson, Carl Wilhelmson, G.
well known and greatly honoured all over the world, Fjcestad, Esther Almquist, B. Lind, von Hennings,
Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson. Both have until and Axel Sjoberg.
quite recently been members
of the " League," but they have
now, for reasons unknown, left
that body. " Savages " are
also the eminently gifted
Gunnar Hallstrom and the
interesting landscape painter
Erik Hedberg.
I have purposely left the
" League " to the last: firstly,
because their best names are
already well known abroad ;
and, secondly, because they
themselves are very modest;
being, indeed, in art what the
" Puritans" of old were in
religion. Insisting always upon
rigid adherence to natural
simplicity, this excellent
quality is, I am tempted to
think, the sole secret of their
rapid success.
The most prominent painter
of the " League " at present is
Richard Bergh, who, since he
lefttheschools of theAcademy,
more than twenty years ago,
has passed through many
strange and remarkable stages
of artistic evolution. He is
now, however, the most sober
of artists, and at the same time
a profound thinker. Bergh is
a philosopher by nature and
an artist by impulse. He may
be regarded as the principal
maker of Swedish modern art,
and its foremost representative. " h.r.h. the crown prince of Sweden and Norway " by oscar bjorck
i i o