Carl Olof LarssonSwedish, 1853–1919By the Cellar
May one see it?
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Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
When his own sons and daughters had grown up, Carl Larsson used the children of his neighbours at Sundborn as his models. The children in this picture are from the Nordlund family. Seven-year-old Sven is standing on the roof of the family earth cellar. His older sister Edit is carrying Karin, and in the foreground is Frida with a little basket. Carl Larsson’s late watercolours have the same linear style as those from around 1900, but the colours are often paler.
Nationalmuseum
Particulars
In the catalog
Sources
- Nationalmuseum
- Image: Nationalmuseum — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Carl Olof Larsson
The whole lifec. 1915
The museum board rejects “Midvinterblot”
When the painting was finished, the board of the Nationalmuseum rejected it. In his memoirs, published after his death, Larsson wrote of his bitterness and disappointment at the rejection of what he considered his greatest achievement.
c. 1915
Eye trouble, headaches and depression
While he was working on Midvinterblot an eye problem set in and his frequent headaches worsened; in his last years he suffered from bouts of depression.
January 1919
A stroke and his memoirs
In January 1919 he suffered a mild stroke and spent his remaining time completing his memoirs, Jag, published after his death.
22 January 1919
Dies in Falun and is buried at Sundborn
He died in Falun on 22 January 1919, later the same month as his stroke, and was buried in the cemetery of Sundborn Church.
22 January 1919
Died
