Hugo Salmson

Hugo Salmson
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Hugo Fredrik Salmson (7 July 1843, Stockholm - 1 August 1894, Lund) was a Swedish painter; known for figures and genre scenes.

Biography

His father was a wholesaler and he initially studied business, in deference to his father's wishes. He soon decided on an artistic career, however and, in 1862, he began his studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. His painting of Sten Sture the Younger meeting Gustav Trolle in Uppsala Cathedral (1867) won him a Royal Medal and a travelling scholarship.

In 1868, he went to Paris, via Düsseldorf. The classes taught by Léon Bonnat and Alexandre Cabanel had no vacancies, so he took private lessons from Pierre-Charles Comte (1823-1895).^[1] He had his début at the Salon in 1870 with a genre scene of a cottage in Dalarna called "Revelation". During the Franco-Prussian War, he lived and worked in Brussels. He maintained a studio in Paris until the early 1880s and often visited Picardy.

Upon returning to Sweden, he became a member of the Royal Academy and gave lessons to Prince Eugen, but later joined a group opposed to the Academy's teaching methods.

He was always reclusive and uncommunicative. Suffering from depression, he apparently committed suicide while staying at a hotel in Lund.

Selected paintings

References

This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.

External links

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