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Carl Larsson

37 works

Carl Larsson (1853-1919) was a Swedish painter whose watercolors of family life in his home at Sundborn shaped the image of the Swedish home. Read more

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Framed sketch with three watercolor vignettes of figures in period dress, a statue on a pedestal, and a city view, with handw

First Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the National Museum, Stockholm

1913

Watercolor of a boy seated at a green table by a window, with orange walls, green furniture and lilacs outside.

Required Reading

1900

Mural of a midwinter pagan ritual in a timber hall, with a priest, a nude sacrificial figure, warriors and a pine tree.

Midvinterblot

Two men in period dress on wooden scaffolding beside a brick building under construction, with rolled plans and workers visib

Christ and Nicodemus

1896

Painting of a blossoming apple tree beside a garden path where two women and a child walk past a brick wall.

Guests II

1886

Nude woman seated at an orange table, writing on paper in a sunlit wood-paneled room with flowers and paintings.

The Model Writing a Postcard

1906

Porträtt av Oscar Levertin

1906

Painting of a Christmas Eve dinner with candlelit table, roast ham, servants and a family seated by a fireplace.

Christmas Eve

1904

Elderly man leaning on a stick in a grassy orchard beside a reflective pond, with white cottages and children in the backgrou

The Old Man and the Nursery Garden

1883

Watercolor of an elderly woman in a dark dress and patterned shawl seated on a chair, hands clasped, framed prints behind her

Mother

1893

Grey pencil cartoon of artists drawing in a studio beside a nude model, cherubs and classical columns above.

Cartoon for the Fresco in the Lower Hall of the NM. The Art Academy: Taraval's Drawing School

1895

Watercolor of a nude boy with a leaf wreath standing among birch trees beside a grassy riverbank, with red houses in the dist

Ulf. Nude Boy among Birches

1898

Watercolor interior with a chair, potted plants, an oil lamp, a guitar, and toys in a corner near a window.

Toys in the Corner

Soft pastel-like painting of a woman holding a sleeping child in a cluttered artist's studio with framed pictures.

A Studio Idyll. The Artist's Wife and their Daughter

1885

Watercolor of a girl in a floral dress with puffed sleeves and lace collar, standing beside a wooden table holding a ball.

Martha Winslow as a Girl

1896

Watercolor of a smiling girl with a basket on a sandy path, with children on a shingled roof and birch trees behind her.

By the Cellar

1917

Oil portrait of a man in a dark felt hat holding a pipe, with a dark background and an inscription at the top.

Carl Skånberg, the Artist

1878

Painting of a couple in a leafy tree, the woman in a white dress and feathered hat, the man in a striped shirt and cap.

Idyll

1880

Painter at an easel in snowy yard, with onlookers, a bare tree, a red sleigh and wooden houses in winter.

Open-Air Painter. Winter-Motif from Åsögatan 145, Stockholm

1886

Watercolour of children fishing and preparing crayfish at a sunny birch-lined lake, with a boat and a table of food.

Crayfishing. From A Home (26 watercolours)

Pencil and ink drawing of a seated man in a suit in an interior with bookshelves, by Carl Larsson, 1908.

Portait of Thorsten Laurin

1908

Girl in purple dress watering potted plants on a sunny windowsill, with knitting on a round table in the foreground.

Flowers on the windowsill

1894

Portrait of a woman with upswept hair in a dark high-necked dress and lavender sleeves, with a name inscription below.

The Author Selma Lagerlöf

1902

Watercolor of a girl in a white bonnet and blue dress standing by a fence and bench in an autumn garden.

Autumn

1884

Watercolor of a bearded man with a monocle leaning at a cluttered desk, with a gilded picture and a dedication inscription.

Gustaf Upmark, director of the Nationalmuseum

1894

Smiling baby in white dress held in armchair by a woman, in a room with floral wallpaper and a sword on a table.

Little Suzanne

1885

Eva Upmark, 1852-1944, född Kindstrand

1896

Oil study of a wicker chair with a grey coat, black hat and cane in sunlight, by Carl Larsson, 1889.

Study for Modern Art

1889

Woman in striped shawl reads beside a sleeping child in a green bed, warm interior with a lamp.

Le soi disant malade (El supuesto enfermo) French: El supuesto enfermo

1908

Watercolor interior with a standing woman in white and a seated woman in blue patterned dress beside a wooden table.

The Bridesmaid

1908

Watercolor of a boy reading at a green table by a sunlit window, with orange walls and green painted chairs.

Ehtoja luetaan

Portrait of a Boy. Study for Morning Prayers

Carl Larsson (1853-1919) was a Swedish painter whose watercolors of family life in his home at Sundborn shaped the image of the Swedish home. Browse 37 works by Carl Larsson from 9 museums, free to download in HD.