Carl Olof LarssonSchweden, 1853–1919A Bite!
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About the painting
A Bite is perhaps the oil painting where Carl Larsson’s brushwork is most like that of his watercolours. This work is an example of how imaginative Rococo pastiche and plein-air naturalism need not be mutually exclusive. Carl Larsson’s paintings in this genre should be seen in relation to his delight in the 18th century and his major undertaking to illustrate Anna Maria Lenngren’s Samlade skaldeförsök, which he was working on in Grez on behalf of Albert Bonnier in 1883–84.
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Derweil im Leben von Carl Olof Larsson
Das ganze Leben1882–1883
Meets Karin Bergöö, a turning point in his life
At Grez he met the artist Karin Bergöö, who would soon become his wife. The meeting was a turning point in his life.
1883
Marries Karin Bergöö
In 1883 he married Karin Bergöö; she also worked as an interior designer, and many of the interiors he depicted were her work.
12. Juni 1883
Married: Karin Larsson
1884
Daughter born: Suzanne Larsson
1884–1900
Eight children, the artist’s favourite models
Carl and Karin had eight children: Suzanne (b. 1884), Ulf (1887), Pontus (1888), Lisbeth (1891), Brita (1893), Mats (1894), Kersti (1896) and Esbjörn (1900). Ulf died at eighteen and Mats at the age of two months, and the life of the family became Larsson’s chief subject.
1886–1891
Director of the Valand School in Gothenburg
In 1886 he accepted the post of director of the Valand School of Fine Art in Gothenburg, which he held until 1891. Among his pupils was Ester Almqvist, to whom he dedicated an etching.
