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Carl Larsson , 1853-1919, Swedish painter and illustrator. He was a popular and imaginative illustrator and was equally successful as a watercolorist. In watercolor he painted exquisite interiors that influenced Swedish decorative arts. He is perhaps best known, however, for his historical mural decorations in fresco for the national museum and the opera house in Stockholm.

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Larsson, Carl (b Stockholm, 28 May 1853; d Falun, 22 Jan. 1919). Swedish painter, illustrator, printmaker, and writer. His work included numerous portraits and book illustrations, as well as several large murals (the best known are those on Sweden's artistic history in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1896), but he is now remembered mainly for the house he created in the village of Sundborn in Dalarna (Dalecarlia) and for his watercolours of the idyllic life he enjoyed there with his wife Karin (1853–1928), a textile designer. The house—called Lilla Hyttnäs—was opened as a museum in 1942. To Swedes it epitomizes a healthy, happy society, and it has exercised a lasting influence on Scandinavian interior design.

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Larsson, Carl (1853–1919). Swedish painter, illustrator, printmaker, and writer. His work included numerous portraits and book illustrations, as well as several large-scale murals (the best known are those on Sweden's artistic history in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1896), but he is now remembered mainly for the house he created in the village of Sundborn in Dalarna (Dalecarlia) and for his watercolours of the idyllic life he enjoyed there with his wife Karin (1853–1928), a textile designer. The house—called Lilla Hyttnäs—was opened as a museum in 1942. To Swedes it epitomizes a healthy, happy society, and it has exercised a lasting influence on Scandinavian interior design.

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	Carl and Karin Larsson. (Swedish art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England) Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 11/1/1997
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