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Carl Larsson (1853 - 1919)
Carl Larsson (1853 - 1919) , Sweden

Självporträtt (i nya ateljén) Self-Portrait (In the new studio)

Date
1912
Technique
Watercolour on paper
Dimensions
54,3 x 75 cm 61 x 83 x 5 cm
Acquisition
Purchase 1914-12-31
Inventory number
MM 6802
© Malmö Konstmuseum
Description
Carl and Karin Larsson’s home in Sundborn, in Dalarna, is one of the most famous artist’s homes in the Nordic countries. At the turn of the century in 1900, the view of the home had changed. Houses were no longer to be designed around the expectations of bourgeois society, but instead the home and family were to serve as role models in building modern society. The home was to be characterised by individual taste, family life and creativity. The Larssons’ home in Sundborn was constantly changing with new interior design and new buildings. The last building project took place in 1912 with the extension and construction of Carl Larsson’s new studio. The same year, he painted a portrait of himself in his new studio, here shown in the middle of the creative moment. The portrait shows the Larssons’ home environment but also things that inspired Carl Larsson himself, like the sculpture of a woman by his colleague Anders Zorn, the cloth embroidered by Karin, and the book that evokes the academic tradition.
Exhibitions
Samlingen - The Collection, Malmö Konstmuseum, våning 2, 12.06.2021 Anders Zorn och Carl Larsson, Zornmuseet, Mora, 01.06.2019 - 01.09.2019 Jag lever i två världar. Ester Almqvist och det svenska konstlivet 1890-1934 2018-04-07 - 2018-09-09, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, 07.04.2018 - 09.09.2018 Baltiska speglingar, Malmö Konstmuseum, Konstgalleriet, 10.10.2014 - 19.04.2015 Carl Larsson, Ordrupgaard, Danmark, 25.09.2014 - 11.01.2015 Carl Larsson - Vänner och ovänner, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 13.06.2013 - 03.11.2013 Carl Larsson - Från Grez-sur-Loing till Sundborn, Konstmuseet Ateneum, Helsingfors, Finland, 22.01.2012 - 20.05.2012 Google Art Project, Internet, 01.01.2012 Carl Larsson - Från Grez-sur-Loing till Sundborn, 16.09.2011 - 29.04.2012 Carl Larsson - Från Grez-sur-Loing till Sundborn, Åbo Konstmuseum, Finland, 22.08.2011 - 22.01.2012 Med en annan blick - Modernismen, Malmö Konstmuseum, Konstgalleriet, 07.02.2010 - 30.05.2010 Carl Larsson, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, 28.02.2009 - 31.05.2009 Svenska självporträtt, Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, 28.04.2008 - 12.09.2008 Som du ser mig - porträtt från samlingen, Malmö Konstmuseum, Konstgalleriet, 18.02.2007 - 09.04.2007 Carl Larsson - A Swedish Fairytale, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München, Tyskland, 17.11.2005 - 05.02.2006 Carl Larsson, Bergens Kunstmuseum, Norge, 01.09.2005 - 30.10.2005 Visions du Nord: La peinture scandinave, 1780-1920, Fondation de l`Hermitage, Lausanne, Schweiz, 28.01.2005 - 22.05.2005 Carl Larsson, Tikanojas konsthem, Vasa, 08.11.2003 - 01.02.2004 Halosenniemi museum, Finland 5/5-3/9 2000, Halosenniemi museum, Finland, 26.04.2000 - 08.09.2000 Carl and Karin Larsson - Creators of the Swedish Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 23.10.1997 - 18.01.1998 Baltikum 1914 - en konstsituation, Malmö Konstmuseum, Konstgalleriet, 17.09.1989 - 29.10.1989
Bibliography
Konsten att ha perspektiv, Författare: Göran Christenson, Mikael Roos, Dan Wolgers, Sören Blanking, Bengt Skoog, Orvar Löfgren och Harriet Jeppsson, 2000