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Carl Larsson

1853 - 1919

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Carl Olof Larsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn] ; 28 May 1853 – 22 January 1919) was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Larsson has received more than 624,748 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Carl Larsson is the 128th most popular painter (up from 170th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Painter.

Carl Larsson is most famous for his watercolor paintings of Swedish life.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Larsson ranks 128 out of 2,023. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Gustave Moreau, Parmigianino, Gerrit Dou, Hans Memling, and John Constable. After him are Franz Marc, Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Jan Brueghel the Elder, and Fernand Léger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Carl Larsson ranks 7. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Cecil Rhodes, Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Ostwald, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. After him are Chulalongkorn, Albrecht Kossel, Aleksei Brusilov, José Martí, Vladimir Solovyov, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1919, Carl Larsson ranks 11. Before him are Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Gojong of Korea, Emil Fischer, Karl Liebknecht, Emiliano Zapata, and Ruggero Leoncavallo. After him are John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Werner, Yakov Sverdlov, William Crookes, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Larsson ranks 49 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Manne Siegbahn (1886), Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), and Gunnar Myrdal (1898). After him are Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), Raoul Wallenberg (1912), Benny Andersson (1946), Gustaf Dalén (1869), Max von Sydow (1929), and Stellan Skarsgård (1951).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Carl Larsson ranks 1. After him are Hilma af Klint (1862), Alexander Roslin (1718), John Bauer (1882), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Martin van Meytens (1695), Eugène Jansson (1862), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Richard Bergh (1858), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Eva Bonnier (1857), and Fanny Brate (1861).

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