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Nacken
Painting ID:: 2090
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Ernst Josephson
Nacken
1890
National Museum, Stockholm
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Nacken
Painting ID:: 2091
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Ernst Josephson
Nacken
1890
National Museum, Stockholm
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Spanish smith
Painting ID:: 48933
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Ernst Josephson
Spanish smith
mk187
1881
Oil slick pa pan
124x103.5cm
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Portrait of Jeanette Rubenson
Painting ID:: 48934
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Ernst Josephson
Portrait of Jeanette Rubenson
mk187
1883
Oil slick pa pan
41x32.5cm
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Stromkarlen
Painting ID:: 48935
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Ernst Josephson
Stromkarlen
mk187
1884
Oil slick pa screen
216x150cm
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Ernst Josephson
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1851-1906
Swedish
Ernst Josephson Gallery
was a Swedish painter from a prominent Jewish family, whose main work was done on portraits and paintings of folk life.
He did his art studies in Italy, France and the Netherlands, among others, and is reputed to have said at the age of 20: "I will become Sweden's Rembrandt or die."
However, his life was marred by illness. He contracted syphilis at a relatively young age, and in 1888 he became mentally ill during a visit to Brittany, having religious hallucinations and believing that he was God and Christ.
He was later taken to hospital in Uppsala and diagnosed with schizophrenia, but continued working throughout his disease, often while in a trance-like state.
He also wrote poetry, in the collections Svarta rosor (1888, Black Roses) and Gula rosor (1896, Yellow Roses). His main work, Strömkarlen (1884, the Nix), was refused by the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm - however, Prince Eugen, Duke of Narke, bought the painting in fury over the decision.
Grandfather of Erland Josephson. |
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