1858?C1919,Painter, writer and museum director, son of Edvard Bergh. He studied in Stockholm, first at the art school of Edvard Pers?us (1841-90) and from 1878 to 1881 at the Konstakademi, where he met Nils Kreuger and Karl Nordstrem. His early work consists mainly of academically treated scenes from Swedish history and legend. In 1881 he left for France, studying in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Academie Colarossi (1881-4); he made his debut at the Salon of 1883. In 1885, with Ernst Josephson and other members of the Scandinavian artists' colonies in Paris and Grez-sur-Loing, he became one of the main promoters of the Opponenterna, a movement of protest against the conservative attitudes of the Konstakademi; the following year this group formed the Konstnersferbund (Artists' Union), of which Bergh was a leading member throughout his life.   Related Paintings of Richard Bergh :. | Hjalmar Branting | Author Per Hallstrom and his wife Helga | Portrait of painter Nils Kreuger | Portrait of professor Karl Warburg | Portrait of professor Karl Warburg |
Related Artists:
Charles Warren Eaton
painted The Stump Lot in 1857 - 1937
Nathaniel Sichel
painted Arab Women on a Rooftop in 1843-1907
Lord Frederic Leighton
British 1830-1896 Lord Frederic Leighton Locations