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Birth
1874 (Kalsebro, Sweden)
Death
1945 (New York City)
Lived/Active
New York/Colorado
Often Known For
landscape and snowscape painting, teaching
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San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature.
He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and i (showing 500 of 9484 characters). |
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