Tomorrow marks the 155th day of remembrance of the birth of the Swedish mountain lion Carl Larsson . Larsson was born into the slums of Stockholm and went on to become one of Sweden ’s most loved artists , celebrated throughout the mankind for his scenes of Swedish life-time . Larsson also painted monumental works , of which the greatly debated " Midvinterblot " was his last . A small ground on Larsson and " Midvinterblot " ( Midwinter Sacrifice ) …
1.For a meter , Carl Larsson hold up and worked in Paris , go for to exhibit his work at the Salons . He was ineffective to complete his first painting , a large 3 - beat canvas , due to want of fund . His second piece of work , though completed , did n’t fare much well , as it was hung so richly at the Salon of 1878 that no one could see it .
2.In his sleeping accommodation , Larsson kept a pistol that bear the inscription " take down : not loaded . "
3.Larsson is most famous for his watercolors of his menage and their home , Little Hyttnäs . Some were painted as sequential picture stories , for which Larsson is now considered to be one of the earliest Swedish comic creators .
4.A German publisher , Karl Langweische , printed a compendium of Larsson ’s watercolors , drawing , and text as Das Haus in der Sonne ( The House in the Sun ) in 1909 . The book quickly became one of Germany ’s best - sellers for the twelvemonth , with 40,000 copies sold in just three months .
5.“Midvinterblot , " a portraying of the forfeiture of the king to the wintertime gods to let the return of spring , had been commissioned by the National Museum in Stockholm . The museum found fault with various face of the 6x14 painting during the preliminary stages and , upon completion , rejected the employment . In 1987 , the painting was offer to the museum for free , on the condition that it be placed on the paries for which it had been intend ; the museum reject . Only after a successful exhibition of " Midvinterblot , " on loanword to the museum by a Japanese accumulator , in 1992 did the museum buy the painting and put it on permanent display .
6.Larsson ’s autobiography , published 12 years after his death , disclose that he had stand with self - doubt , desperation , and clinical depression , a revelation that surprised adorer of his bright , cheery art . Larsson , though , had grown up " in dismal fortune " and mat inferior to his classmates for the first several days of school . His first married woman suffered a abortion and then died while giving giving birth to their second nestling , who also break soon after . With Karin Bergöö , Larsson had 8 baby , but one , Mats , died at 2 month of historic period . give such personnel casualty , the desperation and depression are no surprise .
A larger version of the final sketch of " Midvinterblot " is availablehere ; a large prototype of the last work on the bulwark in the museum is availablehere . To see the evolution from first vignette to completed work , visit theWikipedia page .
The web site for theCarl Larsson houseincludes a picture gallery , articles , and a store , as well as data about visiting .
' Feel Art Again ' seem every Tuesday and Thursday .
