Sven Andersson (artist)
Sven Anders Andersson (born April 23, 1838 in Ekeberga, today Lessebo municipality , Småland , Sweden ; † September 26, 1893 in Helsingborg , Skåne , Sweden) was a Swedish landscape painter and draftsman .
Life
Andersson studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen . Between 1861 and 1871 he stayed for further studies in Düsseldorf and Berlin . From 1873 to 1893 he was a teacher at Helsingborg grammar school. In the years 1881 to 1883 he published the magazine Vespan .
Andersson mainly created landscape paintings with motifs from Småland and Skåne. He also worked as a book illustrator.
literature
- Georg Nordensvan : Anderson, Sven Anders . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 438 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
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. 425
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Andersson, Sven |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andersson, Sven Anders (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish landscape painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ekeberga, today Lessebo Municipality , Småland , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1893 |
| Place of death | Helsingborg , Skåne , Sweden |