Karl Asplund

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Karl Asplund

Karl Asplund (born April 27, 1890 in Jäder , Södermanland ; died April 3, 1978 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish poet , art historian , writer and translator . As an art critic , he also wrote articles for magazines.

Life

Asplund was a son of the merchant Conrad Asplund and his wife Vendela Maria (née Sahlin). His older brother Erik Asplund (1888–1974) was a botanist. After graduating from school in Nyköping in 1908 , he studied art history at Uppsala University and graduated in 1911 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1912 he published his first work, Studentrum , a collection of short stories. In 1913, Världsliga visor dikter followed . In 1913 he graduated in philosophy at the University of Stockholm , where he in 1915 with a two-part monograph on the watercolourists Egron Lundgren Dr. phil. received his doctorate .

From 1916 he worked for the auction house "Bukowskis konsthandel", where he was managing director from 1929 to 1953. From 1914 to 1921 he worked as an art critic for Dagens Nyheter and then from 1922 to 1934 for Svenska Dagbladet . He wrote studies on Swedish artists such as Ivar Arosenius (1878–1909) or Axel Fridell (1894–1935) as well as articles on Swedish artists for the General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Asplund was active in the Swedish writers' association " Svenska PEN " since 1922 . He also worked as a translator and translated works in English or French, such as Land of Heart's Desire by William Butler Yeats . In 1955 he was awarded the Dobloug Prize .

Asplund was married twice and had a daughter Karin (* 1942):

  • since 1918 with Astrid (née Fredriksson, 1896–1924), who died early of pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • with Viran (nee Sjödin, * 1900)

Publications (selection)

  • Egron Lundgren… (=  Sveriges allmänna konstförenings publication . Volume 23-24 ). tape 1 : 1815-1859. tape 2 : 1859-1875 . Norstedt, Stockholm 1915 (university publication).
  • Värjan . In: Ord och Bild . 26th year. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1917, p. 19-20 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Axel Törnemans målningar från stadshusbygget . In: Ord och Bild . 26th year. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1919, p. 33-42 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Anders Zorn: His Life and Work . The Studio, London 1921.
  • Målaren Axel Fridell . In: Ord och Bild . 46th year. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1937, p. 625-630 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Två dictator . In: Bonniers litterära magasin . 11th year, no. 6 (June-August). Bonniers, Stockholm 1942 ( runeberg.org ).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Asplund, Erik . In: Paul Harnesk (Ed.): Vem är Vem? 2nd Edition. Stor-Stockholm. Bokforlaget Vem är Vem AB, Stockholm 1962, p. 71 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  2. ↑ Karl Asplund: Studentrum: Bagateller . A. Bonnier, Stockholm 1912, OCLC 492560018 .
  3. ↑ Karl Asplund: Världsliga visor dikter . Bonniers, Stockholm 1913, OCLC 1075750406 .
  4. ^ William Butler Yeats, Karl Asplund: Langans land . Norstedt, Stockholm 1924, OCLC 186321803 .
  5. ^ Doblougprisen . In: Store norske leksikon . 2019 ( snl.no - as of December 28, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Asplund, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish poet, art historian, writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Jäder , Södermanland
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1978
Place of death Stockholm