Marcus Larson (1825-1864)

Aliases: Simeón Marcos Larson; Simon Markus Larson; Markus Larsson; Simeon Marcus Larsson; Simon Markus Larsson

Professions: Landscape painter; Naval painter; Painter

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Marcus Larson Biography

(b Lilla Örsätter, Östergötland, 5 Jan 1825; d London, 26 Jan 1864). Swedish painter. He trained briefly as a saddler before gaining entrance to the Konstakademi in Stockholm. In 1848 he won a prize for a study of a tree: the study of nature formed an important foundation for the careful, detailed realism that distinguishes his magnificently composed landscapes. Although Larson’s artistic career lasted only 16 years, his output was considerable. His earliest paintings are predominantly moonlit scenes, influenced by the Swedish romantic landscape painter Carl Johan Fahlcrantz. A stay in Helsingborg in 1849 opened Larson’s eyes to the beauty of the sea. He learnt the technique of painting water from the Danish marine painter Vilhelm Melbye (1824–82), and he soon developed it to a level of virtuosity. A considerable part of Larson’s oeuvre consists of vessels in storms, shipwrecks and burning steamships, where the foaming sea plays a prominent role. He collaborated on such paintings as Shipwreck on the Swedish Coast (1853; Stockholm, Nmus.) with his friend Kilian Zoll, who added the figures, and at other times with the marine officer P. W. Cedergren (1823–96), who did such details as the vessels’ rigging.

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