Axel Kulle (painter, 1846)

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Axel Kulle , photo
The Courtship (The Rivals) , 1880 or 1881
The Return of the Prodigal Son , 1882

Henrik Axel Kulle (born March 22, 1846 in Lund , † February 27, 1908 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish painter . He was the brother of the painters Nils Jakob Kulle (1838–1898) and Sven Servatius Kulle (1860–1945).

Artistic career

After studying at the Stockholm Art Academy (1865–1872) and returning to Lund (1873), he took private lessons from 1875 to 1880 with Ferdinand Fagerlin in Düsseldorf . Fagerlin was also a Swedish painter who studied painting with Karl Ferdinand Sohn at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1854 to 1855 and who, after staying in Thomas Couture's studio in Paris, had settled permanently in Düsseldorf.

There Kulle was influenced by the genre painting of the Düsseldorf School of Painting , in particular by the milieu portrayal in the tradition of Johann Peter Hasenclever , which is clear from his narrative group portrait The Church Council (motif from Germany) from 1877.

On the basis of a scholarship, Kulle stayed from 1880 to 1883 for further studies in Paris, where he also turned to open-air painting. This is where his painting The Return of the Prodigal Son was painted in 1882 .

Returning to Sweden, Kulle, who remained unmarried until the end of his life, continued his painting in the areas of genre and landscape, often with motifs from Skåne , portraits and still lifes. From 1885 to 1891 he gave private lessons in painting and drawing in Stockholm. Kulle taught at the Stockholm Art Academy from 1887 to 1891.

Works (selection)

  • The Telegram (1876)
  • The church council (motif from Germany) (1877)
  • The Courtship (The Rivals) (1880 or 1881)
  • The Return of the Prodigal Son (1882)
  • Fisher girl in Skåne (1884)

Web links

Commons : Axel Kulle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international charisma . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, pp. 43, 44
  2. ↑ Axel Kulle . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 15 : Kromat – Ledvätska . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 209-210 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  3. ↑ Boo von Malmborg: H Axel Kulle . In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon , Volume 21 (1975-1977), p. 677
personal data
SURNAME Kulle, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kulle, Henrik Axel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Lund
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1908
Place of death Stockholm