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Fan account of Carl Larsson, a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. 1853-1919 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 3h

A Late-Riser's Miserable Breakfast www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/a-l…

A Late-Riser's Miserable Breakfast

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 6h

Between Christmas and New Year. From A Home (26 watercolours) collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl and Karin Larsson combined new design with old traditions. Practicality dictated their interior design, but it was equally important that furniture and objects form an attractive harmony. This ideal was also propagated by others, including Ellen Key, who advocated homes that were in a new and light style, in her essay “Skönhet för alla” (Beauty for All) in 1899. The Larssons moved to Lilla Hyttnäs, a house in Sundborn, in the summer of 1889. Here, Carl and Karin together created the interiors that made their home famous. Karin designed the furniture and textiles, which she embroidered and wove. A studio was fitted up in one of the hallways. It features many eye-catching details, including the funny man crowning a column. When a larger studio extension was added, this room became a workshop for the whole family. The interiors of the Larsson home were characterised by rural simplicity. Nevertheless, every detail was carefully designed, with influences from England, Scotland and Japan. The kitchen, which was first and foremost a place for household chores, did not display the same modern interior style and comfort as the rest of the house.

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 20h

Lisbeth spelar teater kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=RAMSAY+608

Lisbeth, taiteilijan vanhin tytär, s. 1891

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Still Life Painter www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the…

The Still Life Painter

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cosy Corner. From A Home (26 watercolours) collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl and Karin Larsson combined new design with old traditions. Practicality dictated their interior design, but it was equally important that furniture and objects form an attractive harmony. This ideal was also propagated by others, including Ellen Key, who advocated homes that were in a new and light style, in her essay “Skönhet för alla” (Beauty for All) in 1899. The Larssons moved to Lilla Hyttnäs, a house in Sundborn, in the summer of 1889. Here, Carl and Karin together created the interiors that made their home famous. Karin designed the furniture and textiles, which she embroidered and wove. A studio was fitted up in one of the hallways. It features many eye-catching details, including the funny man crowning a column. When a larger studio extension was added, this room became a workshop for the whole family. The interiors of the Larsson home were characterised by rural simplicity. Nevertheless, every detail was carefully designed, with influences from England, Scotland and Japan. The kitchen, which was first and foremost a place for household chores, did not display the same modern interior style and comfort as the rest of the house.

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lisbeth www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/lis…

Lisbeth

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Outdoors Blows the Summer Wind kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+II+831

Outdoors Blows the Summer Wind

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Crayfish Season Opens www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the…

The Crayfish Season Opens

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Threshing www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/thr…

Threshing

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Correspondence www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/cor…

Correspondence

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Bridge. From A Home (26 watercolours) collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cartoon for the Fresco in the Lower Hall of the NM. The Art Academy: Taraval's Drawing School collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Karin and Brita www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/kar…

Karin and Brita

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Solrosorna www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/sol…

Solrosorna

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Getting Ready for a Game collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

"It's really terrible outdoors. The wind is whistling through the joints of the house and the snow is not snow but sharp needles that get into the corners of one's eyes… Just the right time for a game of "vira". Here is the tray full of comforting drinks and all the necessaries and Karin is still not finished with the final decorations which include the monastery liqueur which she is taking off the shelf. In the background is the altar itself, the card table that I have arranged myself." Carl Larsson's own description of his painting Getting Reduy for a Game in the book entitled Larssons which was published by Bonniers in 1902. The "vira" that Carl Larsson mentioned was an enormously popular card game invented in Sweden sometime in the 19th century. When the picture was painted the Larsson family had settled permanently at their summer residence at Sundborn in the hills of Dalarna. In his autobiography Carl Larsson writes that it was his wife, Karin, who gave him the idea of portraying their home in pictures. Books about the Larsson home in Sundborn sold in huge editions and the pictures spread in innumerable reproductions. Few homes throughout the world have received as much publicity. For many people, Sundborn is the quintessence of all things Swedish though, in point of fact, the Larssons had a very international taste in furnishing. The first of the Sundborn watercolours were shown at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1897. Ellen Key, the pioneering author and feminist, saw them at the exhibition and wrote an article on Beauty in the home that was published in the magazine Idun. Ellen Key wanted to create opinion against the "Germanic" style of furnishing which was usual at the time in Sweden. This consisted of dark wallpapers, heavy drapes and curtains, velvet-covered sofas and chairs and dried flowers. In Carl Larsson's watercolours she found something that could replace this. Both Ellen Key and the Karin and Carl Larsson had been inspired by John Ruskin's ideas about a more beautiful world beyond that of the mass-produced items of the factories. In Ruskin's view, beauty must collaborate with function and the task of art and architecture was a moral one in that they created the necessary conditions for spiritual health, energy and joy. Ruskin's theory about the importance of beauty in everyday life was taken up by William Morris in the field of crafts. Morris started the Arts and Crafts Movement that sought to bring new life to the traditional crafts s an alternative to industrial products. The ideas of the movement were spread by a highly influential magazine called The Studio which the Larssons subscribed to. The famous home at Sundborn was created jointly by Karin and Carl Larsson. Carl took an active part in the public life of the art world while Karin's contribution remained unrecognized right up to the 1980s. In fact Karin Larsson had received a thorough artistic training. She attended both what is now the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm – better known as Konstfack and the Academy of Fine Arts. She met Carl in Paris while he was studying there. After their marriage she gave birth to seven children in rapid succession. And so family life and managing the household took up her time and her professional life retired into the background. Karin never ceased to be creative but channelled this energy into furnishing Sundborn, for example. The home at Sundborn became her life work. For the house constantly changed in character to suit the shifting needs of the family.

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Flowers on the windowsill www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/flo…

Flowers on the windowsill

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Fairy Or Kersti And A View Of A Meadow www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/a-f…

A Fairy Or Kersti And A View Of A Meadow

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gustaf Upmark, director of the Nationalmuseum collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

The director of the Nationalmuseum, Gustaf Upmark, is portrayed at his desk. Until his death in 1900, Upmark was an avid admirer of Carl Larsson’s controversial murals in the Museum staircase, and they became good friends over the years. The Japanese screen in the background and the relief of Gustav Vasa signify two prevailing – yet rather disparate – aesthetic ideals in the 1890s. Upmark, however, was especially interested in Gustav Vasa and Renaissance portraiture – a fascination he shared with Larsson.

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Portait of Thorsten Laurin collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Thorsten Laurin was a book publisher at the family business Norstedts and was also one of the great art collectors in his day – two sides that are suggested by the book spines and works of art in the background. He was also one of Larsson’s closest friends and gave him advice, assignments and contacts. For his new villa on Djurgården he bought Larsson’s monumental painting My Family. He and his brother, Carl G. Laurin, were key figures on the contemporary art scene and were founder members of the Friends of the Nationalmuseum.

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Old Sundborn Church. From A Home (26 watercolours) collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On the Farm www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/on-…

On the Farm

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The stable www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the…

The stable

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523 collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Old Anna www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/old…

Old Anna

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My Acid Workshop (Where I do my Etching) www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/my-…

My Acid Workshop (Where I do my Etching)

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Garden in Grez www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/gar…

Garden in Grez

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Convalescence www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/con…

Convalescence

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Brita and me www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/bri…

Brita and me

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Yard and Washhouse. From A Home (26 watercolours) collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My Loved Ones www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/my-…

My Loved Ones

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lisbeth Angling. From A Home (26 watercolours) collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lisbeth in 'Blue bird' www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/lis…

Lisbeth in 'Blue bird'

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lisbeth fishing www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/lis…

Lisbeth fishing

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Yard and Wash-House www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/the…

The Yard and Wash-House

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ulf. Nude Boy among Birches collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

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.

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Breakfast under the Big Birch www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/bre…

Breakfast under the Big Birch

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Under the Birches www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/und…

Under the Birches

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Das Modell am Ofen kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=C+III+B+I+3…

Das Modell am Ofen

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lazy Nook www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/laz…

Lazy Nook

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Breakfast in the Open www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/bre…

Breakfast in the Open

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Azalea www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/aza…

Azalea

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Art of Sculpture: Carl Michael Bellman in Sergel's studio. Cartoon for the Fresco in the Lower Hall of the NM collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lisbeth at the birch grove www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/lis…

Lisbeth at the birch grove

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An Interior with a Woman Reading www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/an-…

An Interior with a Woman Reading

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In the Kitchen Garden collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

The vegetable patch is bathed in sunlight. Carl Larsson’s portrayal of light is so realistic that we almost share the girl’s experience of being blinded by it. There is not much shade in this picture. That is because the sun is high in the sky, but the artist has probably also chosen to leave it out to maximize the effect of strong sunlight. The painting was made in the international artist colony in Grez-sur-Loing south of Paris, where Larsson developed his watercolour technique in 1883–1884, in lighting conditions that were different from Sweden.

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Portrait of Gothilda Furstenberg www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/por…

Portrait of Gothilda Furstenberg

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ludvig Looström, 1848-1941 collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

Looström was the director of the Nationalmuseum in 1900–1915. During that period, Larsson created two monumental paintings for the Museum’s stairwell. When Gustav Vasa’s Entry into Stockholm was being painted (completed in 1908), Looström appeared as one of the artist’s most avid admirers. When he supported the rejection of Midwinter Sacrifice a few years later, it led to the end of their friendship. This portrait was made while they were still on a friendly footing. Looström is shown sitting in his office at the Museum, dressed in his famous round smoking cap.

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Vine collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

The Vine can be interpreted as a light-hearted allegory of love – the woman harvests the grapes for the wine that intoxicates the man. With his great technical virtuosity, Carl Larsson was excellently equipped to succeed in the Neo-Rococo genre, which relied to a great extent on the ability to paint with illusory brilliance. The Vine was bought by Herman Friedländer when it was shown at the Opponent Exhibition Vid Seinens strand (On the Seine River Bank) in Stockholm in 1885. Friedländer later lent it to the World’s Fair in Paris in 1889.

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Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hakon, Daga and Edgar www.wikiart.org/en/carl-larsson/hak…

Hakon, Daga and Edgar

Carl Larsson @clarsson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Old Man and the Nursery Garden collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…