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Leander Engström
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[[File:Leander Engström photo.jpg|thumb|200px|Leander Engström]]
'''Per Leander Engström''', sometimes denoted as '''The Elder''' (27 February 1886, [[Ytterhogdal]] - 6 February 1927, [[Stockholm]]) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in portraits and colorful wilderness scenes in the [[Expressionism (art)|Expressionist]] style.
==Biography==
After attending the elementary school in [[Ljustorp]], his family moved to [[Sundsvall]], where he worked in a sawmill until he was fourteen. In 1901, he became an assistant at the local newspaper and joined a group of amateur artists headed by [[Helmer Osslund]].
Thanks to financial support from [[Karl Nordstrom]], he was able to begin studies at the , from 1907 to 1908, then went to Paris, where he took lessons from [[Henri Matisse]]. He remained there until 1912. Back in Sweden, he was one of the first members of a short-lived group called "" (The Young), which applied Expressionist techniques to Swedish motifs. In 1914, he had a successful showing at the [[Baltic Exhibition]].
For much of his life, he travelled through the mountains of [[Norrland]], painting en [[plein aire]]. He built a small house in [[Abisko]], one of his favorite locations. During the 1920s, he spent time in Italy: living in Florence from 1920 to 1923. In between, he created paintings on the ceiling of the , an early movie theater in Stockholm.<ref>Karl Asplund, "Leander Engström död"] from the ''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'', [https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1927-02-07/5]</ref>
In 1913, he married Maria Edlund and, the following year, had twin sons, and , who both became painters.<ref>Göran Åstrand: ''Här vilar berömda svenskar'' (Ordalaget Bokförlag 1999) pg.43 ISBN 91-89086-02-3</ref>
He died at the age of forty-one, after a long period of poor health, and was buried at the [[Skogskyrkogården]], south of Stockholm.
His works may be seen at the vid [[Moderna museet]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2zzBGgX Moderna museet]</ref>, [[Nationalmuseum]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PbWe4n Nationalmuseum]</ref>, [[Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2zuS1na Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde]</ref>, and the [[Göteborgs konstmuseum]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PcIhTJ Göteborgs konstmuseum]</ref>.
==Selected paintings==
<gallery mode=packed heights=210>
Leander Engström laplander1916.jpg|Lapplander
Leander Engström Orchard with workers and mountain.jpg|Orchard with Workers
Leander Engström The house on the cliff 1916.jpg|The House on the Cliff
Leander Engström - Den givmilde gossen.jpg|The Devout Boy
Leander Engström Girl with book.jpg|Girl with Book
</gallery>
==References==
==Other sources==
*''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]s årsbok - 1927'', red. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Åhlén & Åkerlunds Boktryckeri, Stockholm 1928 pg.242
*''Sveriges befolkning 1900'', (CD-ROM version 1.02) Sveriges Släktforskarförbund, 2006
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2zIFnRR Biography] from the ''[[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]]''
*[http://www.artnet.com/artists/leander-engström-the-elder/ More works by Engström] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Swedish painters]]
[[Category:Swedish landscape painters]]
[[Category:Swedish portrait painters]]
[[Category:Expressionist painters]]
'''Per Leander Engström''', sometimes denoted as '''The Elder''' (27 February 1886, [[Ytterhogdal]] - 6 February 1927, [[Stockholm]]) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in portraits and colorful wilderness scenes in the [[Expressionism (art)|Expressionist]] style.
==Biography==
After attending the elementary school in [[Ljustorp]], his family moved to [[Sundsvall]], where he worked in a sawmill until he was fourteen. In 1901, he became an assistant at the local newspaper and joined a group of amateur artists headed by [[Helmer Osslund]].
Thanks to financial support from [[Karl Nordstrom]], he was able to begin studies at the , from 1907 to 1908, then went to Paris, where he took lessons from [[Henri Matisse]]. He remained there until 1912. Back in Sweden, he was one of the first members of a short-lived group called "" (The Young), which applied Expressionist techniques to Swedish motifs. In 1914, he had a successful showing at the [[Baltic Exhibition]].
For much of his life, he travelled through the mountains of [[Norrland]], painting en [[plein aire]]. He built a small house in [[Abisko]], one of his favorite locations. During the 1920s, he spent time in Italy: living in Florence from 1920 to 1923. In between, he created paintings on the ceiling of the , an early movie theater in Stockholm.<ref>Karl Asplund, "Leander Engström död"] from the ''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'', [https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1927-02-07/5]</ref>
In 1913, he married Maria Edlund and, the following year, had twin sons, and , who both became painters.<ref>Göran Åstrand: ''Här vilar berömda svenskar'' (Ordalaget Bokförlag 1999) pg.43 ISBN 91-89086-02-3</ref>
He died at the age of forty-one, after a long period of poor health, and was buried at the [[Skogskyrkogården]], south of Stockholm.
His works may be seen at the vid [[Moderna museet]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2zzBGgX Moderna museet]</ref>, [[Nationalmuseum]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PbWe4n Nationalmuseum]</ref>, [[Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2zuS1na Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde]</ref>, and the [[Göteborgs konstmuseum]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PcIhTJ Göteborgs konstmuseum]</ref>.
==Selected paintings==
<gallery mode=packed heights=210>
Leander Engström laplander1916.jpg|Lapplander
Leander Engström Orchard with workers and mountain.jpg|Orchard with Workers
Leander Engström The house on the cliff 1916.jpg|The House on the Cliff
Leander Engström - Den givmilde gossen.jpg|The Devout Boy
Leander Engström Girl with book.jpg|Girl with Book
</gallery>
==References==
==Other sources==
*''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]s årsbok - 1927'', red. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Åhlén & Åkerlunds Boktryckeri, Stockholm 1928 pg.242
*''Sveriges befolkning 1900'', (CD-ROM version 1.02) Sveriges Släktforskarförbund, 2006
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2zIFnRR Biography] from the ''[[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]]''
*[http://www.artnet.com/artists/leander-engström-the-elder/ More works by Engström] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Swedish painters]]
[[Category:Swedish landscape painters]]
[[Category:Swedish portrait painters]]
[[Category:Expressionist painters]]
December 01, 2018 at 08:45AM
