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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 – September 4, 1931) was a Swedish-American landscape painter.

Jansson was born in Kil, Värmland. 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] He died in Chicago.

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.