Biography Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891) was a French painter and sculptor, celebrated for his meticulous historical and military scenes as well as genre paintings of 17th- and 18th-century life. Born in Lyon, the fourth child of a merchant, Meissonier displayed early…
Biography Edgard Maxence (1871–1954) was a French Symbolist painter renowned for his mystical, idealized compositions and mastery of color. Born into a prosperous bourgeois family in Nantes, the son of Henri Maxence and Estelle Boquien, he married Julienne Babin, linking…
Biography Johan Axel Gustaf Acke, better known by the signature J.A.G. Acke, was born on April 7, 1859, in Bergielund near Stockholm, into a cultured family. His father, Nils Johan Andersson, was a renowned botanist and director of the Swedish…
Biography Albert Lynch (26 September 1860 – 25 March 1950) was a painter of Peruvian descent, born in Germany but who spent his entire life in France, where he is considered a French artist. He was the son of Diego…
Biography Carl Johan Forsberg, born on March 25, 1868, in Norrköping, Sweden, and who died in the same city on October 30, 1938, was a Swedish painter, illustrator, and architect. He is best known for his luminous watercolors, Scandinavian landscapes,…
Biography Olof Thunman (1879–1944) was a Swedish painter, draftsman, and poet whose work centered on the landscapes and cultural heritage of Uppland. He studied at Stockholm’s Academy of Fine Arts from 1902 to 1906, also attending its etching school. In…
Biography Oskar Bergman was born in Stockholm in 1879 into a modest family. At home, his artistic talent was not immediately recognized, so he educated himself with occasional drawing lessons from a friend of his mother. When his father died…
