Nationality Swedish Known for Painting | Patron(s) Jean-Baptiste Faure Name Carl Tragardh | |
Full Name Carl Ludvig Tragardh Born 20 September 1861 ( 1861-09-20 ) Kristianstad, Sweden Died 5 June 1899(1899-06-05) (aged 37)
Paris, France Education Royal Swedish Academy of Arts |
Carl Ludvig Trägårdh (20 September 1861 - 5 June 1899) was a Swedish painter.
Trägårdh studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm 1881-1883, in Karlsruhe 1883-84, and Munich until 1885. He then moved to France where he became a resident until his death. He exhibited both in Sweden and in France. He received a couple of medals and found a patron in the French singer and art collector Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914) who bought some 40 paintings by him. His production is often landscape with grazing cattle, usually cows or sheep.
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