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Artist: Carl Larsson (1853–1919)
Alternative names: Carl Olof Larsson
Swedish painter and interior designer
Title: Ulf. Nude Boy among Birches
Object type: Painting
Description: As the artist’s son Ulf turns around among the birch trunks, his body assumes a pose that resembles the slender, supple trees. Nordic nature was a common theme in 1890s art, but Carl Larsson’s daylight scenes with white birches stood out from the habitual twilight views (especially with pines against sunsets). The setting is Bullerholmen, an island in the Sundborn river, where the Larsson family used to go by rowing boat to bathe. Ulf, who is eleven in this painting, died in 1905 after a failed appendectomy.
Date: Unknown date
Medium: Watercolour
Dimensions: Height: 63 cm (24.8 in). Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in).
Framed: Height: 75 cm (29.5 in). Width: 54 cm (21.3 in). Depth: 4 cm (1.6 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: C.L.
SKU: 274833
