August Strindberg

(1849–1912) svensk författare, dramatiker och bildkonstnär

August Strindberg (Sweden, 1849–1912) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, August Strindberg belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art. In the history of Swedish art, August Strindberg belongs to the chapter ‘The Opponents and the 1890s’.

August Strindberg was born in Stockholm and died in Adolf Fredriks parish. August Strindberg trained at Uppsala University. August Strindberg worked in Stockholm. Wikidata associates August Strindberg with naturalism and Symbolism.

The best-known works include ‘The Red Room’, ‘The Father’, ‘Miss Julie’, and ‘Inferno’. The catalogue has 25 works by August Strindberg with free images. The dated works span the years 1870–1905. Works by August Strindberg are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Thielska galleriet, Musée d’Orsay, and Statens Museum for Kunst.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Nikolaus Geiger, Julien Dillens, Carl Fredrik Hill, Robert Barrett Browning, and Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench.

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