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1874/75 Kalsebro, Sweden - 1945 New York City. Known for: Landscape and snowscape painting, teaching.
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature. He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature. He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age 10 with his family to Brooklyn, New York and later to Buffalo. His father, encouraging his son's art talent, hired a private tutor, and he later attended the Buffalo Albright Art School* where his teacher was Lucius Hitchcock. In 1902, he enrolled on... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature. He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age 10 with his family to Brooklyn, New York and later to Buffalo. His father, encouraging his son's art talent, hired a private tutor, and he later attended the Buffalo Albright Art School* where his teacher was Lucius Hitchcock. In 1902, he enrolled on a scholarship at the Art Students League* in New York City, and his teachers were Frank Vincent DuMond and Birge Harriso... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Clipper Ship
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Pikes Peak, Colorado
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Mount Rainier
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •New York Water Color Club, Society-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Washington DC Watercolor Society/Association
Art Teacher
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •John Fabian Carlson
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Broadmoor Art Academy, Colorado Springs, Student
- •Broadmoor Art Academy, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Carnegie Foundation Fellowship, Grant
- •Isidor Gold Medal, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Arts and Crafts Movement, Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries
- •Married to an Artist
- •Snowscene Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Swedish
Artist Colony
- •Byrdcliffe Arts Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Copley Society of Boston
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Arts Club
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
- •Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts