Erik Wedelin
Erik Wedelin (* 1850 in Sweden ; † 1881 ) was a Swedish landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Wedelin attended the drawing school of the Gothenburg Art Museum and the Stockholm Art Academy . From around 1873 to 1875 he lived in Düsseldorf . Since he died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 31, his oeuvre is quite small. His open-air painting , which is represented with some works in the Swedish National Museum , is of the highest level.
Works (selection)
- Sunset over Düsseldorf and the Rhine , 1874
- Sailboat on the shore , 1875
- French landscape , 1875
- Autumn landscape , 1875
- Autumn landscape , 1880
- Winter view of a harbor
- Landscape with two figures
literature
- Wedelin, Erik . In: Svenska konstnärer. Biografisk handbok . Nybloms, Uppsala 1980, p. 485
Web links
- Erik Wedelin , entry in the portal lexikonettamanda.se
- Erik Wedelin , auction results on the portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . 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, p. 442
- ↑ Erik Wedelin , data sheet in the portal collection.nationalmuseum.se , accessed on October 30, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedelin, Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1881 |