Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 32.5 x 23.5 cm (12.8 x 9.3 in)
cjr
85058
Liten hallandsflicka
Oil on panel
Dimensions 32.5 x 23.5 cm (12.8 x 9.3 in)
cyf
97205
Rowing in a summer landscape
circa 1890(1890)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 65 X 97 cm
cyf
Severin Nilsson
(1846 - 1918) was a Swedish painter and photographer.
He was born in Halland in the south of Sweden. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm 1865 - 1871 and then under Leon Bonnat in Paris for three years.
Severin painted portraits, landscapes and genre pictures. A prolific artist, he participated in numerous exhibitions and left behind a large and diverse production of work. He was also one of the first Swedish documentary photographers. Inspired by Arthur Hazelius, he made photographic studies of public life, especially in the village Asige in Halland, where he was born
