Nils Blommér
(1816–1853) svensk målare
Nils Blommér (Sweden, 1816–1853) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Nils Blommér belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art. In the history of Swedish art, Nils Blommér belongs to the chapter ‘The Düsseldorf years and academicism’.
Nils Blommér was born in Öved church parish and died in Rome. Nils Blommér trained at Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. The teachers included Léon Cogniet and Magnus Körner. Wikidata associates Nils Blommér with Romanticism. The students included Edla Blommér.
The best-known works include ‘The Water-Sprite and Ägir's Daughters’, ‘Freja Seeking her Husband’, and ‘Eugenia (1830-1889)’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 26 works by Nils Blommér with free images. The dated works span the years 1840–1852. Works by Nils Blommér are held by several collections, among them Finlands Nationalgalleri, Nationalmuseum, Statens porträttsamling, and Finnish National Gallery.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Amalia Lindegren, Uno Troili, Ernfried Wahlqvist, Augustus Egg, and Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander.