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A Studio Idyll. The Artist's Wife and their Daughter (Carl Larsson) - Nationalmuseum - 24132
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Karin Larsson has her daughter Suzanne in her lap. They are sitting in Carl’s studio. Apart from his major commissions, practically all his works depict subjects that are close to him. Close, as in his family or his home, his friends or their children. Karin Larsson was also an artist, but her husband’s pictures rarely depict her in that capacity. Their home in Sundborn was largely her creation, but in the paintings of that place she is almost exclusively portrayed as a mother and a wife. Svenska: Karin Larsson sitter med dottern Suzanne i famnen. Platsen är maken Carls ateljé. Vid sidan av de större beställningsarbeten han utförde föreställer hans bilder nästan alltid något nära. Nära som i familjen eller hemmet, eller i vännerna eller vännernas barn. Karin Larsson var också konstnär, men i makens bildvärld uppträder hon bara undantagsvis i sin yrkesroll. Hemmet i Sundborn var till stor del hennes verk, men i bilderna därifrån framställs hon nästan uteslutande som mor och hustru
Karin Bergöö was born in 1859 and grew up in Hallsberg where her father was a successful businessman. Karin’s artistic talent showed itself early and she began to study art at the Arts and Crafts School (Slöjdskolan) in Stockholm. Following this she went on to the Art Academy (Konstakademien) 1877-1882. After leaving the Art Academy she moved to the Scandinavian artists’ colony in the little village of Grez outside Paris. While she was there she met Carl Larsson and fell head over heels in love with him. They were married in 1883 and their first daughter Suzanne was born in 1884.
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