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Alfred Jansson

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Alfred Jansson
Black and white photography of Alfred Jansson
Jansson's photography in Svenskt konstnärslexikon
Born(1863-12-11)December 11, 1863
DiedSeptember 4, 1931(1931-09-04) (aged 67)
NationalitySwedish, American (from 1922)
Known forlandscape painting
MovementImpressionism[1]

Alfred Jansson (December 11, 1863, in Kil, Värmland – September 4, 1931, in Chicago) was a Swedish-American landscape painter.

He studied in Stockholm and Paris before emigrating to the US in 1889 and settling in Chicago. He painted landscapes of prairie and winter scenes.[1]

Jansson's painting Sunset in the Park is in Nationalmuseum,[2] Snösamt in Smålands museum in Växjö and other works are in several American museums.

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Sources

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  • Greenhouse, Wendy. "Alfred Jansson". M. Christine Schwartz Collection. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  • Svenskt konstnärslexikon, vol III site 261, Allhems Förlag, Malmö

References

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  1. ^ a b "ALFRED JANSSON: Lexikonett amanda". www.lexikonettamanda.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  2. ^ "Nationalmuseum - Alfred Jansson". collection.nationalmuseum.se. Retrieved 2023-01-09.