DOI Heft:
No. 161 (August, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Bröchner, Georg: Some nothern painters and their homes
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0243
Northern Painters and their Homes
house he has, amongst others, en-
tertained the Crown Prince and
Prince Eugen of Sweden.
Last, though not by a very long
way least, amongst the Dalar homes
of Swedish painters (passing over for
the time being the Leksand colony)
comes that of Carl Larsson, at
Sundborn, and I should have been
disconsolate at the absence of any
illustrations from this famous “ hem
i Dalarne” had not The Studio
on a previous occasion given some
views of the home, so well known
and, I may safely add, so dear to
many Swedes—a charming home,
quaint, gay and happy; so thoroughly
MR. ANDERS ZORN IN HIS BILLIARD-ROOM AT DALARNE
COURTYARD OF MR. W. PETERS’ HOUSE AT WINDERN
the shore and the seamen which
have made Skagen so beloved
amongst some of the best Danish
painters—Anna and Michael An-
cher, Kroyer and Locher, Tuxen
and others; and Denmark’s greatest
poet, Holger Drachmann, who often
lives there, has, over and over again,
sung the praises of the Skaw and
the free and merry life they lead
there. My gallery of Skagen pic-
tures is by no means complete, and
I am unable to give more than one
illustration of Kroyer’s charming
summer residence, with its artistic
Carl Larsson throughout, bright
colours, deftly applied, and wise
maxims adorning walls and doors.
It would be difficult to find a home
more intensely imbued with the
personality and affected by the in-
dividual taste of its master than
this, but to fully appreciate it one
must see it peopled with genial
Carl Larsson himself, his charming
wife and his beautifully healthy
children.
From Dalarne to the Skaw is a
long cry, yet Skagen has, to a num-
ber of Danish painters, become what
Dalecarlia is to the Swedes, although
the two places have nothing whatever
in common. It is the sea, the sun,
MR. T. HOLMBOE’S HOUSE AT CHRISTIANIA
222
house he has, amongst others, en-
tertained the Crown Prince and
Prince Eugen of Sweden.
Last, though not by a very long
way least, amongst the Dalar homes
of Swedish painters (passing over for
the time being the Leksand colony)
comes that of Carl Larsson, at
Sundborn, and I should have been
disconsolate at the absence of any
illustrations from this famous “ hem
i Dalarne” had not The Studio
on a previous occasion given some
views of the home, so well known
and, I may safely add, so dear to
many Swedes—a charming home,
quaint, gay and happy; so thoroughly
MR. ANDERS ZORN IN HIS BILLIARD-ROOM AT DALARNE
COURTYARD OF MR. W. PETERS’ HOUSE AT WINDERN
the shore and the seamen which
have made Skagen so beloved
amongst some of the best Danish
painters—Anna and Michael An-
cher, Kroyer and Locher, Tuxen
and others; and Denmark’s greatest
poet, Holger Drachmann, who often
lives there, has, over and over again,
sung the praises of the Skaw and
the free and merry life they lead
there. My gallery of Skagen pic-
tures is by no means complete, and
I am unable to give more than one
illustration of Kroyer’s charming
summer residence, with its artistic
Carl Larsson throughout, bright
colours, deftly applied, and wise
maxims adorning walls and doors.
It would be difficult to find a home
more intensely imbued with the
personality and affected by the in-
dividual taste of its master than
this, but to fully appreciate it one
must see it peopled with genial
Carl Larsson himself, his charming
wife and his beautifully healthy
children.
From Dalarne to the Skaw is a
long cry, yet Skagen has, to a num-
ber of Danish painters, become what
Dalecarlia is to the Swedes, although
the two places have nothing whatever
in common. It is the sea, the sun,
MR. T. HOLMBOE’S HOUSE AT CHRISTIANIA
222