Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style

by Elisabet Hidemark, Karin Larsson, Elisabet Stavenow-Hidemark, et al.

Book Overview

Among the subjects: belted kingfisher, Atlantic puffin, brown pelican, horned grebe and 8 other birds of lake, ocean, pond, stream and marsh. For accurate modeling, the templates, many life-size,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821224816
• ISBN13: 9780821224816
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style

I Love this book! Carl and Karin Larsson were such a wonderful creative couple. Their use of bold fresh colors takes your breath away, and makes you want to follow their example. I highly recommend this book, it is definately a keeper!

I love this book!

Aside from the fact a reader will gain new appreciation for the Larssons and their art, a reason to purchase this book is that it is gorgeous. Good paper, excellent color reproductions, a nice heft. If you admire Larsson and Scandinavian culture, this book is a "must have."

This book makes me happy.

I ordered this book sight-unseen as a gift, and thought "well, I like Carl Larsson's paintings, I'll get one for myself while I'm at it." I'm so glad I did! I realize that, before reading this delicious book, I had never really "seen" a Carl Larsson painting before. I didn't know that all those happy Swedish ninteenth-century domestic watercolor scenes actually documented Larsson's home and family, and I had no idea that his wife Karin was the creator of the fabrics, co-creator of the furniture and equal partner in what is not only a beautiful and original home environment, but one that has influenced interior design to this day, a hundred year later.The text is written by different experts. I am not really sure that I come away from it with much sense of the Larssons' personalities in a detailed way, but the work speaks for itself and I consider this book to be more than just a valuable addition to my art library, but also as a great read and, even more -- a great "look".