A Street in Paris. Study from Montmartre (Hugo Birger) - Nationalmuseum - 18854

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A Street in Paris. Study from Montmartre (Hugo Birger) - Nationalmuseum - 18854

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Swedish artists often present Paris to us in small, sketchy excerpts from everyday life. These studies served as souvenirs for the artists themselves, but were also appreciated by collectors. The name of the street in this painting is unknown, but Hugo Birger was renting a studio together with Ernst Josephson on rue Gabrielle in Montmartre at the time. Svenska: Svenska konstnärer låter oss ofta möta Paris i små, skissartade brottstycken av vardagen. Dessa studier kunde fungera som souvenirer för konstnären själv, men uppskattades även av samlare. Det är inte känt vilken gata målningen föreställer, men Hugo Birger hyrde under en period en ateljé tillsammans med Ernst Josephson på Rue Gabrielle i Montmartre.

Hugo Birger (1854–1887) was a Swedish painter. Born in Stockholm, his father was printmaker S. A. Peterson. Birger studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1870 to 1877. In 1877, he was awarded with the "Royal medal" for his painting Syndafallet. It was priced for its strong colors and shininess. Birger moved to Paris in 1877, and spend the summer of 1878 in Barbizon with Carl Larsson and Carl Skanberg.

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1854 - 1887
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