Axel Fridell

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Self-portrait 1928

John Axel Fridell (born November 6, 1894 in Falun ; died May 26, 1935 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish graphic artist and painter .

Life

Old antique trade

Fridell was the son of the cabinet maker Per Johan Fridell and his wife Hanna (née Söderberg). After graduating from school, he worked as an errand boy and later worked in the mine in Falun. He went to night school on the side. It was here that he met Bertil Bull Hedlund, Hans Fredrik Johanson Norsbo and David Tägeström, who became his friends. In autumn 1913 he first attended Carl Wilhelmson's painting school in Stockholm before studying at the Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts from 1915 to 1917. There he received lessons at Axel Tallberg's eraser school . He then worked as a fashion designer and undertook study trips to Copenhagen in 1914 and 1918 and traveled via Germany to Italy until 1921. After his return, he temporarily lived in his parents' home in Falun. In 1926 he went to London for the first time. He later changed his place of residence between home, London and Paris. A progressive cancer disease ended his artistic career. In addition to landscape paintings and interiors, he made portraits, where he was partially influenced by the art of Ivar Arosenius and Olof Sager-Nelson .

From April 30, 1927 to 1933 he was married to Ingrid Vilhelmina (nee Starck, * January 26, 1903, † 1947). She was a daughter of Robert Strack and Frieda Larsson.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • September to October 1936: Axel Fridell, 1894–1935. in the National Museum in Stockholm.
  • April 4 to June 14, 1981: Axel Fridell Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.

literature

  • Fridell, Axel . In: Sture Centerwall, Yngve Samuel Lorents (Ed.): Bonniers konversations lexikon . Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1922, Sp. 821 (Swedish, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Gunnar Jungmarker: Axel Fridell . In: Ord och Bild . 30th year. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1930, p. 647-652 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Fridell, Axel . In: Karin Nordquist (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1933 . 11th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1932, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 261 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Karl Asplund : Axel Fridell. Ett konstnärsliv . J. Kroon, Malmö 1937.
  • Karl Asplund: Målaren Axel Fridell . In: Ord och Bild . 46th year. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1937, p. 625-630 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Gunnar Jungmarker: Axel Fridell och hans teckningar . In: Ord och Bild . 46th year. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1937, p. 43-54 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Thure Nyman, Berthold Wirulf: Fridell, John Axel . In: Svenskahaben och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok . tape 2 : C-D . Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1944, p. 603-604 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Karl Asplund: Axel Fridell (=  Sveriges allmänna konstförenings publication . Volume 56 ). 46th year. Norstedt, Stockholm 1947.
  • Karl Haskel: Axel Fridell Pictures . tape 1 : Catalog över Axel Fridells grafiska Verk . Skogs book, Trelleborg 1986, ISBN 91-7810-509-9 .
  • Karl Haskel: Axel Fridell Pictures . tape 2 : Oljemålningar, teckningar, photographer och brev. . Skogs book, Trelleborg 1989, ISBN 91-970120-3-3 .

Web links

Commons : Axel Fridell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Per Bjurström: J Axel Fridell riksarkivet.se
  2. ^ Gunnar Jungmarker, Karl Asplund: Axel Fridell, 1894–1935 . National Museum, Stockholm 1936.
  3. ↑ Axel Fridell . Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1981.
personal data
SURNAME Fridell, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish graphic artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Falun
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1935
Place of death Stockholm