A Family: Paintings from a Bygone Age [SCM]

by Carl Larsson Author

(From Amazon): Carl Larsson is one of Sweden's most beloved artists and illustrators, with more than 60,000 tourists each year visiting Sundborn, Sweden, to admire Larsson's home and work. His stunning watercolors of the Larsson home and family have been acclaimed as one of the richest and most evocative records of life at that time.Twenty-one stunning watercolor paintings depict Carl Larsson's family-his wife Karin and their eight children--and offer a fascinating view into Swedish rural and artistic life during the late nineteenth century. Accompanying the reproductions is a descriptive text that offers many important details about Larsson's life and techniques.Here is a treasury of images that will delight both young and old with their innocent look at the Larsson family's life and times.