Leander Engström
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Per Leander Engström, sometimes denoted as The Elder (27 February 1886 – 6 February 1927) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in portraits and colorful wilderness scenes in the
Biography
Engström was born in 1886 in
Thanks to financial support from Karl Nordström, he was able to begin studies at the Artist's Association School (Konstnärförbundets skola), from 1907 to 1908, then went to Paris, where he took lessons from Henri Matisse. He remained there until 1912. Back in Sweden, he was one of the first members of a short-lived group called "De Unga " (The Young), which applied Expressionist techniques to Swedish motifs. In 1914, he had a successful showing at the Baltic Exhibition.
For much of his life, he travelled through the mountains of
In 1913, he married Maria Edlund and, the following year, had twin sons, Kjell Leander and Tord Leander , who both became painters.[2]
He died at the age of forty-one in Stockholm, after a long period of poor health, and was buried at the Skogskyrkogården, south of Stockholm.
His works may be seen at the
Selected paintings
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Lapplander
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Orchard with Workers
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The House on the Cliff
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The Devout Boy
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Girl with Book
References
- ^ Karl Asplund, "Leander Engström död"] from the Svenska Dagbladet, [1]
- ISBN 91-89086-02-3
- ^ Moderna museet
- ^ Nationalmuseum
- ^ Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
- ^ Göteborgs konstmuseum
Other sources
- Svenska Dagbladets årsbok - 1927, red. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Åhlén & Åkerlunds Boktryckeri, Stockholm 1928 pg.242
- Sveriges befolkning 1900, (CD-ROM version 1.02) Sveriges Släktforskarförbund, 2006
External links
- Biography from the Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
- More works by Engström @ ArtNet