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| Keywords: The Author August Strindberg (Carl Larsson) - Nationalmuseum - 24340.tif August Strindberg information field Creator Carl Larsson The Author August Strindberg This painting illustrates the relationship between two of the most prominent figures in Swedish cultural history � the painter Carl Larsson and the writer August Strindberg Strindberg and Carl Larsson met already in the 1870s and Carl Larsson made illustrations and covers for some of Strindberg �s books during the following decade This portrait was painted in 1899 and Carl Larsson has described his work with the picture We started in the morning divided the day into three with meals in between and the next morning early Strindberg was standing by my bed at the hotel exclaiming �A masterpiece do not touch This might be the reason for the unfinished character of the picture where only the eyes are coloured in blue and the rest is still only a charcoal drawing on canvas Carl Larsson har berättat att han våndades inför uppgiften att porträttera Strindberg Efter första dagens sittning var emellertid Strindberg så nöjd att han bad Larsson betrakta arbetet som färdigt Resultatet blev denna ornamentalt stiliserade kolteckning Förhållandet mellan Strindberg och Carl Larsson var komplicerat I En ny blå bok 1908 beskrev Strindberg Larsson som en opålitlig och falsk människa Carl Larsson tog angreppet mycket hårt och bröt kontakten med Strindberg header This painting illustrates the relationship between two of the most prominent figures in Swedish cultural history � the painter Carl Larsson and the writer August Strindberg Strindberg and Carl Larsson met already in the 1870s and Carl Larsson made illustrations and covers for some of Strindberg �s books during the following decade This portrait was painted in 1899 and Carl Larsson has described his work with the picture We started in the morning divided the day into three with meals in between and the next morning early Strindberg was standing by my bed at the hotel exclaiming �A masterpiece do not touch This might be the reason for the unfinished character of the picture where only the eyes are coloured in blue and the rest is still only a charcoal drawing on canvas Carl Larsson har berättat att han våndades inför uppgiften att porträttera Strindberg Efter första dagens sittning var emellertid Strindberg så nöjd att han bad Larsson betrakta arbetet som färdigt Resultatet blev denna ornamentalt stiliserade kolteckning Förhållandet mellan Strindberg och Carl Larsson var komplicerat I En ny blå bok 1908 beskrev Strindberg Larsson som en opålitlig och falsk människa Carl Larsson tog angreppet mycket hårt och bröt kontakten med Strindberg 1899 Charcoal and oil on canvas Kol och olja på duk Size cm 39 56 Framed Size cm 68 85 11 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm Påskrift AUG STRINDBERG FURUSUND JULI 1899 RITADT AF HANS GAMLE VÄN C L accession number 24340 NMB 398 place of creation Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1919 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 Paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Paintings by Carl Larsson August Strindberg | ||||