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Article: Carl and Karin Larsson. (Swedish art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- November 1, 1997
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Continuing a series of exhibitions devoted to major designers such as William Morals (1834 -1896) and Augustus Wesley North Pugin (1812-1852), the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has mounted Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style, which will be on view at the museum until January 18, 1998. Sponsored by IKEA, it is the first major exhibition ever held outside Sweden devoted to the Larssons.
Carl Larsson was born in Stockholm in 1853 to a poor family living in a slum. He showed early talent as an artist and was accepted in 1866 as a student in the Konstakadem-Stockholm (Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts). He worked as an illustrator from 1871 onwards, ...