Karl Nordstrom

Swedish Painter, 1855-1923 was a Swedish painter and one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, which he chaired from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920. Born on Gotland, but growing up on Tjörn on the Swedish West Coast, Nordström studied at principskolan, the preparatory school of the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm and the private painting school of Edvard Perseus, but was never promoted to the "Antique school" of the Academy but had to continue on his own. Traveling to Paris in 1881, he was influenced by the impressionists. He spent a couple of years in Grez-sur-Loing, the site of an important colony of Scandinavian artists, practising his plein air painting in the strong French sunlight. In 1885, he joined the group of young artists protesting against the policies and leadership of the Academy, and he was ever since 1886 one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, the formalization of the opposition group. He was its chairman from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920. In 1886, he married xylographer and photographer Tekla Lindeström in Paris. Later the same year, he settled on Tjörn, using what he had learnt in France about light and colours to depict the landscape where he had grown up. He spent the summer of 1889 in Visby. Around 1890, he moved from his earlier impressionism towards a more synthetist style. His influences came from Japanese art, which he had encountered in Paris, and from Gauguin, whose paintings he first saw in photographs he had received from Ivan Agueli. One of Nordström's old friends from the time at the Academy and in Perseus' school, Nils Kreuger, had lived in the city of Varberg since 1888. He convinced Nordström to move there in 1892, and they were joined by another of their old friends, Richard Bergh, in 1893.


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Karl Nordstrom Kyrkesund (nn02) oil


Kyrkesund (nn02)
Painting ID::  23177
Kyrkesund (nn02)
1911 Oil on duck 48 x 74'' Nationalmuseum,Stockholm
1911_Oil_on_duck 48_x_74''_Nationalmuseum,Stockholm
   
   
     

Karl Nordstrom Garden in Grez oil


Garden in Grez
Painting ID::  41572
Garden in Grez
mk163 Oil 1885
mk163 Oil_ 1885
   
   
     

Karl Nordstrom Ancient bridge in Grez oil


Ancient bridge in Grez
Painting ID::  48919
Ancient bridge in Grez
mk187 1882 Oil slick pa screen 77x71cm
mk187_ 1882_ Oil_slick_pa_screen_ 77x71cm
   
   
     

Karl Nordstrom Skogsglantan oil


Skogsglantan
Painting ID::  48920
Skogsglantan
mk187 Motive stamp Grez 1884 Oil slick pa screen 114x92cm
   
   
     

Karl Nordstrom Granngardarna oil


Granngardarna
Painting ID::  48942
Granngardarna
mk187 1894 Oil slick pa screen 96x196cm
mk187_ 1894_ Oil_slick_pa_screen_ 96x196cm
   
   
     

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     Karl Nordstrom
     Swedish Painter, 1855-1923 was a Swedish painter and one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, which he chaired from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920. Born on Gotland, but growing up on Tjörn on the Swedish West Coast, Nordström studied at principskolan, the preparatory school of the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm and the private painting school of Edvard Perseus, but was never promoted to the "Antique school" of the Academy but had to continue on his own. Traveling to Paris in 1881, he was influenced by the impressionists. He spent a couple of years in Grez-sur-Loing, the site of an important colony of Scandinavian artists, practising his plein air painting in the strong French sunlight. In 1885, he joined the group of young artists protesting against the policies and leadership of the Academy, and he was ever since 1886 one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, the formalization of the opposition group. He was its chairman from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920. In 1886, he married xylographer and photographer Tekla Lindeström in Paris. Later the same year, he settled on Tjörn, using what he had learnt in France about light and colours to depict the landscape where he had grown up. He spent the summer of 1889 in Visby. Around 1890, he moved from his earlier impressionism towards a more synthetist style. His influences came from Japanese art, which he had encountered in Paris, and from Gauguin, whose paintings he first saw in photographs he had received from Ivan Agueli. One of Nordström's old friends from the time at the Academy and in Perseus' school, Nils Kreuger, had lived in the city of Varberg since 1888. He convinced Nordström to move there in 1892, and they were joined by another of their old friends, Richard Bergh, in 1893.

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