-- Stunning watercolour paintings by one of Sweden's best-loved artists
-- Fascinating insight into Swedish rural and artistic life in the late nineteenth century
-- Accompanied by an explanatory text giving more detail about his life and techniques
Carl Larsson is one of Sweden's best-loved artists. His stunning watercolours of his home and family from the end of the nineteenth century are acclaimed as one of the richest records of life at that time.
The paintings in this book all depict Larsson's home in the village of Sundborn in west Sweden, where he lived with his wife Karin and eight children for many years. The accompanying text provides a fascinating insight into Larsson family life, and Carl's painting techniques.
Today, over 60,000 tourists a year visit Sundborn to admire Larsson's home and work.
- ISBN10 0416850006
- ISBN13 9780416850000
- Publish Date April 1976
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 December 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Egmont UK Ltd
- Imprint Methuen young books
- Edition Illustrated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English