This book, packed with Carl Larsson's works, follows his life from his youth through his final years. Narrative honestly and objectively details the life of the man known as "artist to the whole Swedish nation." A treat!
As well as presenting the museum's extensive collections of Swedish art, including works by important figures from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, such as Carl Gustaf Pilo and Carl Larsson, this book includes several other fields of international interest. The chapter on Dutch seventeenth-century painting presents works by Rembrandt, in particular The Oath of the Batavians to Claudius Civilis. Works by Watteau, Chardin and Boucher feature in the Museum's internationally renowned collection of French eighteenth-century painting, and there is an extensive icon collection, consisting principally of Russian material.Published in association with Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, this book offers a detailed history of this fascinating museum and its collections, and the 160 colour plates, each with detailed captions, cover the entire spectrum of art contained there.The text is written by the curators of the Painting and Sculpture department at the museum, each presenting his, or her, specialised field. The introductory chapter is written by the Chief Curator, Gorel Cavalli-Bjorkman, and edited by Ulf Abel.