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Axel Kulle (1846-1908)
Henrik Axel Kulle (22 March 1846 – 27 February 1908) was a Swedish painter who specialized in genre scenes. Biography Kulle was born in Lund, Sweden. His father was a brewer and innkeeper. His older brother, , was also a painter and his younger brother, , was a medalist. He was apprenticed to a local painter. In 1865, enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where he studied until 1872. He returned to Lund the following year and was able to sell some paintings to the local Art Society. In 1875, he left home for Düsseldorf, where he studied with Swedish-German genre painter Ferdinand Fagerlin. He introduced Kulle to the Düsseldorf School work. In 1877, Kulle sent home a painting, "The Church Council in Skåne", that was bought by the Nationalmuseum. In 1880, he received a scholarship from the in Strömstad and moved to Paris. He remained there for three years, painting en plein aire and developing a brighter color scheme. When he returned to Sweden, he continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still-lifes
A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.). With origins in the Middle Ages and Ancient Greco-Roman art, still-life painting emerged as a distinct genre and professional specialization in Western painting by the late 16th century, and has remained significant since then. One advantage of the still-life artform is that it allows an artist much freedom to experiment with the arrangement of elements within a composition of a painting. Still life, as a particular genre, began with Netherlandish painting of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the English term ''still life'' derives from the Dutch word ''stilleven''. Early still-life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Painters
This is a list of notable Swedish visual artists. A * Emil Åberg (1864–1940), painter, graphics artist, illustrator, animator, and director * Emma Adbåge (born 1982), illustrator *Ottilia Adelborg (1855–1936), illustrator * Ulla Adlerfelt (1736–1765) * Sofia Adlersparre (1808–1862), painter * Mattias Adolfsson (born 1965), illustrator * Gösta Adrian-Nilsson GAN (1884–1965), painter * Anna Agnér (1896–1977), Swedish painter *Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917), painter and writer * Märta Afzelius (1887–1961), textile artist * Sofia Ahlbom (1823–1868) * Lea Ahlborn (1829–1891), printmaker * Modhir Ahmed (born 1956), painter, printmaker * Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), painter * Nils Elias Anckers (1858–1921), marine artist * Agneta Andersson (born 1958), sculptor * Christian Pontus Andersson (born 1977), sculptor * J. Tobias Anderson (born 1971) * Karin Mamma Andersson (born 1962), painter * Lena Anderson (born 1939), illustrator and children's writer * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Deaths
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January 1 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod (1867 ship), Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908, total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean and is the 46th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130. * January 13 – A fire breaks out at the Rhoads Opera House fire, Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killing 171 people. * January 15 – Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first race inclusive sorority is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. * January 24 – Robert Baden-Powell's ''Scouting for Boys'' begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
