Nils Forsberg
Nils Forsberg (17 December 1842 – 8 November 1934) was a Swedish painter who lived and worked in Paris for much of his career. Life Forsberg was born in a small village called Riseberga, Klippan Municipality, Riseberga, in the province of Scania."Forsberg, Nils". In The son of a peasant, he spent his early years in farming, then was apprenticed to a house-painter in Gothenburg. He made a statue of Minerva which procured for him a government stipend which enabled him to go to Paris in 1867. In Paris he was a student in the atelier of Léon Bonnat.Nils Forsberg
. Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006). . Art historian Richard Muther (art historian), Richard Muther would later write that Forsberg "became the Swedish Bonnat". The Siege of Paris (1870–71), siege of Paris, during whic ...
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