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1849 Stockholm, Sweden - 1912 Stockholm, Sweden. Known for: Expressionist seascape and realist coastal view painting, novelist.
August Strindberg was one of Sweden's most famous writers, known for more than 70 plays, novels, short stories and studies of Swedish history. He was also a painter, but only as a diversion during... Read full biography
August Strindberg was one of Sweden's most famous writers, known for more than 70 plays, novels, short stories and studies of Swedish history. He was also a painter, but only as a diversion during part of his life. As a writer, he was a source of inspiration to the German expressionists, and as a... Read full biography
August Strindberg was one of Sweden's most famous writers, known for more than 70 plays, novels, short stories and studies of Swedish history. He was also a painter, but only as a diversion during part of his life. As a writer, he was a source of inspiration to the German expressionists, and as a painter, he adopted that style. Strindberg was born in Stockholm, where his father, Carl Oscar Strindberg, proud of a trace of aristocratic blood, was a shipping agent, but his business success was... Read full biography
August Strindberg was one of Sweden's most famous writers, known for more than 70 plays, novels, short stories and studies of Swedish history. He was also a painter, but only as a diversion during part of his life. As a writer, he was a source of inspiration to the German expressionists, and as a painter, he adopted that style. Strindberg was born in Stockholm, where his father, Carl Oscar Strindberg, proud of a trace of aristocratic blood, was a shipping agent, but his business success was relatively modest. Strindberg's mother, Ulrika Eleanora Norling, had a proletarian background. She was a tailor's daughter, who had been a domestic servant and become Carl Oscar's mistress. August was their third son; the couple had nine more children.... Read full biography
August Strindberg was one of Sweden's most famous writers, known for more than 70 plays, novels, short stories and studies of Swedish history. He was also a painter, but only as a diversion during part of his life. As a writer, he was a source of inspiration to the German expressionists, and as a painter, he adopted that style. Strindberg was born in Stockholm, where his father, Carl Oscar Strindberg, proud of a trace of aristocratic blood, was a shipping agent, but his business success was relatively modest. Strindberg's mother, Ulrika Eleanora Norling, had a proletarian background. She was a tailor's daughter, who had been a domestic servant and become Carl Oscar's mistress. August was their third son; the couple had nine more children. Strindberg's childhood was poor and miserable - he was shy and family tensions depressed him. His mother died when he was 13 years... Read full biography