Axel Wilhelm Nordgren (b. Stockholm 1828, d. Düsseldorf 1888)
Swedish coastal landscape with an old sailor standing on the beach looking out over the sea. Signed and dated A. Nordgren Drf. [Düsseldorf] 1859. Oil on canvas. 80×111 cm.
Axel Nordgren was a Swedish painter, who in 1851 went to Düsseldorf to continue his education. Here, he was taught, among others, by the painters Hans Gude (1825–1903) and Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910). Nordgren settled permanently in Düsseldorf and was considered to be Sweden's leading practitioner of the style of the Düsseldorf school.
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Paintings, drawings and icons, 14 June 2023