Prince Eugen, son of Oscar II and Queen Sofia, was born the 15 August, 1865 at Drottningholm Castle. He began to paint about 1885, and studied in 1887 at Paris, where Puvis de Chavannes seems to have aroused his taste for decorative art. He exhibited for the first time in 1889 in Paris, and during the last few years has lived at Valdemarsudde, in Djurgarden Park, Stockholm, occupying the beautiful villa built for him by the distinguished architect, Ferdinand Boberg.

The services Prince Eugen has rendered modem Swedish art are inestimable. He has generously aided and supported a large number of young painters, has exercised an extensive patronage in the shape of orders for pictures, and finally has himself cre...