Hugo Birger-Nordafrikanska jägare rastar

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.