The Horses of Nils Kreuger. Nils Kreuger was a Swedish artist during the late 19th and early 20th century.
He spent much of his artistic career in Paris where he immersed himself in the plein air style of painting. Love of the Outdoors Painting outdoors had to provide a sense of liberation and Kreuger indulged his painting urge whenever he felt it. Historical Portraits. John Bauer Art: Trolls, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales - Swedish (1882 - 1918) Troll Painters. John Bauer is without any doubt the Scandinavian artist who defined the modern fairytale troll that separates us from the trolls of rural superstition or folklore.
Through his delicate eyes and gentle brush stroke the troll became a sympathetic and often misunderstood creature, uncivilised in an innocent way and thus a perfect companion for the modern child in the town or city who would rarely have the chance to get lost in a real forest and therefore sees it as an idyllic stage of rural fantasy unlike the modern urban landscape of factories and apartments that was just emerging at the time of Bauer with the great immigration of farm labour to the cities.
The Bauer troll lives in a distinct world that is consistent from picture to picture, from fairytale to fairytale and is often telling a much more interesting story that the actual stories Bauer was commissioned to illustrate. Jansson2.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jansson3.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.