John Kruse (art historian)

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John Erik Kruse (born October 30, 1865 in Malmö , † July 15, 1914 in Djursholm ) was a Swedish art historian .

Life

John Kruse, the son of Lorentz Edvard Kruse (1830–1904) and Maria Benedicta Anna Flensburg (1840–1891), studied aesthetics and literature at Lund University from 1883 and then from 1890 under Henrik Schück (1855–1947) art history. In 1895 he received his doctorate in Lund with a dissertation on Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht .

In 1896 he began working for the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm . There he became director of the manuscript and copperplate collections. He was involved in public relations in the museum. For example, in 1898, together with Carl Gustaf Laurin (1868–1940), he organized Sunday tours for workers. On July 1, 1912, Kruse resigned from museum work at his own request and devoted himself exclusively to writing; focused in particular on the manuscript of his work The Drawings of Rembrandt - published in 1920 by Carl Neumann .

Kruse wrote about a number of Swedish artists - such as Oscar Levertin , the drawings by Johan Tobias Sergel and Carl Larsson , his closest friend among the Swedish artists. Together with Anders Zorn , he advanced Föreningen för Grafisk Konst, founded in 1887, for a good thirteen years in its early years.

John Erik Kruse had three brothers - Carl Lorentz Edvard, Ernst Ludvig and Lars Gustaf. He married Hilda Elvira (Vivi) Bergh (1872–1966) in Malmö on March 17, 1899. The couple had two children. In his villa in Djursholm he liked to relax while playing the piano. Axel Gauffin (1877–1964) remembered that the noli me tangere of the fear of the sensitive in front of the public had swung in Kruse's character .

Fonts (selection)

  • Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, ett skaldinne-portrait from Sveriges rococo-tid. E. Malmström boktryckeri, Lund 1895 (dissertation).
  • Från den retrospective Konstutställningen i Stockholm 1898. Afbildningar af 40 målningar . Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1899 ( archive.org ).
  • Petter Gabriel Wickenberg , 1812–1846, ett konstnärporträtt . Ivar Haeggström, Stockholm 1901 ( archive.org ).
  • Svenskt Portrait Gallery. Volume XX: Arkitekter, bildhuggare, målare, tecknare, graphic artist, monster rituals and constant industrialists. Hasse W. Tullbergs, Stockholm 1901 ( digitized version ).
  • Carl Larsson as a painter, draftsman and graphic artist. In: The graphic arts 28, 1905, pp. 53-77.
    • Swedish edition: Carl Larsson som malare, tecknare och grafiker. En study. A. Bonnier, Stockholm 1906.
  • Rembrandt, hans konst och lif. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1907.
  • The colors of Rembrandt. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1913.
    • Swedish edition: Rembrandts färger. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1912.
  • The drawings of Rembrandt and his school in the National Museum in Stockholm. Descriptive and critical catalog . Published by Carl Neumann . Nijhoff, The Hague 1920.
    • Swedish edition: Handteckningar av Rembrandt och hans skola i National Museum Stockholm. Beskrivande och kritisk catalog. Föreningen for Grafisk Konst, Stockholm 1921.
  • Rembrandt essayer. Svenska Andelsforlaget, Stockholm 1923.

literature

  • Svenskt portraits gallery. Volume XX: Arkitekter, bildhuggare, målare, tecknare, graphic artist, monster rituals and constant industrialists. Stockholm 1901, p. 95 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Kruse, John Erik . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 15 : Kromat – Ledvätska . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 95-96 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Axel Gauffin: John Kruse 1865-1914. In: Ord och Bild. 24, 1914, pp. 97-102 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Axel Holck : Kruse, John Erik . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Supplement: A – Øyslebø . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1930, p. 629 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  • Kruse, John Erik. In: Vem var det? Biography över bortgångna svenska haben och kvinnor. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1944, p. 106 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Boo von Malmborg: John E. Kruse. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . Volume 21: Katarina – Königsmarck. Bonnier, Stockholm 1977, p. 623 ff. (Swedish, digitized ).

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personal data
SURNAME Kruse, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruse, John Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish art historian and museologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Malmo
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1914
Place of death Djursholm