"Elias Erdtman always liked to spend the summer by the sea and the skerries, at the transition between land and water. The gray rocks, the evening-red outcrops, the windswept pines and the wide sea... Read full biography
"Elias Erdtman always liked to spend the summer by the sea and the skerries, at the transition between land and water. The gray rocks, the evening-red outcrops, the windswept pines and the wide sea view reappear in many of his motifs. It is a naturalistic painting, which consistently follows its... Read full biography
"Elias Erdtman always liked to spend the summer by the sea and the skerries, at the transition between land and water. The gray rocks, the evening-red outcrops, the windswept pines and the wide sea view reappear in many of his motifs. It is a naturalistic painting, which consistently follows its line, realistic and depicting nature in changing lighting, in sun and fog. In the best moments, the artist gives us something unartfully Swedish, intimate and heartfelt." (Viggo Loos)In his young years,... Read full biography
"Elias Erdtman always liked to spend the summer by the sea and the skerries, at the transition between land and water. The gray rocks, the evening-red outcrops, the windswept pines and the wide sea view reappear in many of his motifs. It is a naturalistic painting, which consistently follows its line, realistic and depicting nature in changing lighting, in sun and fog. In the best moments, the artist gives us something unartfully Swedish, intimate and heartfelt." (Viggo Loos)In his young years, Elias Erdtman roamed the Östgötaslätten, with another famous Linköpingsson and artist, Johan Krouthén, who was four years older. One of Elias' oldest paintings Early spring in the Linköping region" was added then. Gradually followed studies at the... Read full biography
"Elias Erdtman always liked to spend the summer by the sea and the skerries, at the transition between land and water. The gray rocks, the evening-red outcrops, the windswept pines and the wide sea view reappear in many of his motifs. It is a naturalistic painting, which consistently follows its line, realistic and depicting nature in changing lighting, in sun and fog. In the best moments, the artist gives us something unartfully Swedish, intimate and heartfelt." (Viggo Loos)In his young years, Elias Erdtman roamed the Östgötaslätten, with another famous Linköpingsson and artist, Johan Krouthén, who was four years older. One of Elias' oldest paintings Early spring in the Linköping region" was added then. Gradually followed studies at the Technical School in Stockholm in 1881 and with Edvard Perséus in 1882 and Oscar Törnå in 1882-83.&n... Read full biography
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