Ivar Arosenius

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Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius (born October 8, 1878 in Gothenburg , Västra Götaland district , died January 1, 1909 in Älvängen ) was a Swedish painter and picture book author. He died of hemophilia when he was only 30 years old .

Life

Arosenius was the son of the railway engineer Henrik Alfred Arosenius (1841-1901) and his wife Sigrid Elisabet (née Rydén, 1846-1929). He attended high school in Gothenburg and began studying in the autumn of 1896 at the drawing and painting school of Valand (Gothenburg Museum). Here he made friends with Gerhard Henning (1880–1967). From August 30, 1898 to 1900 he studied at the Kungliga Konsthögskolan Stockholm . In November 1899 he became a "free student" of Richard Bergh at the school of the artists' association. In 1901 he returned to study at the painting school in Valand and took part in a student exhibition arranged by Carl Wilhelmson . He spent the summers of 1902 and 1903 partly with his friend and future brother-in-law Ernst Spolén in Torsby north of Fryksdal. In 1903 and 1904 he went on short study trips that took him to Berlin, Munich and Paris. In 1905 he returned to Sweden and in 1906 married Ida (Eva) Andrea Cecilia (nee Adler, born November 29, 1879), the daughter of the milk merchant J. Andersson. They first settled in Åby near Norrköping , where their daughter Eva (Lillan) was born, and later they lived in Älvängen on a farm owned by his wife's family.

The painter Erik Herman Arosenius (1880–1953) was his brother.

Works (selection)

Having suffered from hemophilia since birth, his life was severely restricted. As a child he was unable to play outdoors with other children, so he imagined the world in his imagination. His style was influenced by the illustrator Albert Engström (1869–1940) and even more so by the Danish painter Ole Kruse (1868–1948). In 1902 he began to develop his own style. He created especially watercolors but also portraits in oil.

  • Ett helig Krig 1905

  • Livet och döden 1905

  • Self-portrait 1906

  • Portrait of his wife 1906

  • The första krogen 1906

  • Daughter Lillan 1908

Publications

  • Katt-Resan and andra sagor . Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1906 (Swedish, runeberg.org - after the birth of his daughter, he painted a number of picture books about and for her).
    • The cat trip and other stories for children . 1st edition. Edition Graugans, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-944704-48-7 (Swedish: Katt-Resan och andra sagor .).
  • Caliph's guldfågel . Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1908 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Kattresan . Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm 1909 (Swedish, runeberg.org - the picture book was published in 1910 with the German title Des Mädchen Katzenreise ).
  • Ivar Arosenius sagor . Ed .: Axel L. Romdahl. Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1939 (Swedish, runeberg.org - fairy tale illustrations).

Exhibitions (selection)

  • In spring 1905 he took part in an exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants with 86 watercolors .
  • In the autumn of 1905 he exhibited around 170 of his works in Konstnärshuset in Stockholm.
  • 1909 Minnesutställning öfver Constable Ivar Arosenius in Stockholm.
  • From September 20 to November 10, 1979 Ivar Arosenius - 1878–1909; Images and graphics. in Düsseldorf, November 21 to December 16, 1979 in Ettlingen, December 21, 1979 to February 17, 1980 in Munich and March 15 to April 20, 1980 in Berlin.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ivar Arosenius  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ivar Arosenius. bonniercarlsen.se, accessed on August 12, 2020 .
  2. ^ Galerie G. Paffrath (Ed.): Ivar Arosenius: 1878–1909; Pictures and Graphics . Ettlingen Museum Society, Ettlingen 1979, ISBN 3-7880-9642-X .
personal data
SURNAME Arosenius, Ivar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arosenius, Ivar Axel Henrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish painter and picture book author
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1909
Place of death Älvängen