Ernst Josephson portratt av fraken anna heyman Painting ID:: 64106 new21/Ernst Josephson-597866.jpg
portratt av fraken anna heyman 1880
Ernst Josephson ketty rindskopf Painting ID:: 64108 new21/Ernst Josephson-729724.jpg
ketty rindskopf 1876
Ernst Josephson portratt av j.p. jacobsen Painting ID:: 64109 new21/Ernst Josephson-952368.jpg
portratt av j.p. jacobsen 1879
Ernst Josephson portratt av jacob hagg Painting ID:: 64110 new21/Ernst Josephson-857275.jpg
portratt av jacob hagg 1874-75
Ernst Josephson portratt av per staaff Painting ID:: 64111 new21/Ernst Josephson-876653.jpg
portratt av per staaff 1885
Ernst Josephson Portratt av ALFRED Wahlberg Painting ID:: 64112 new21/Ernst Josephson-943684.jpg
Portratt av ALFRED Wahlberg 1884
Ernst Josephson Portratt av Pontus Furstenberg Painting ID:: 64113 new21/Ernst Josephson-377452.jpg
Portratt av Pontus Furstenberg 1883
Ernst Josephson Portratt av Carl Skanberg Painting ID:: 64114 new21/Ernst Josephson-995994.jpg
Portratt av Carl Skanberg 1880
Ernst Josephson Portratt av doktor Axel Munthe Painting ID:: 64115 new21/Ernst Josephson-754852.jpg
Portratt av doktor Axel Munthe Ca 1881
Ernst Josephson Nymf och faun Painting ID:: 64116 new21/Ernst Josephson-632978.jpg
Nymf och faun 1878
Ernst Josephson Staende naken yngling Painting ID:: 64117 new21/Ernst Josephson-668722.jpg
Staende naken yngling 1871-72
Ernst Josephson Leende spanjorska Painting ID:: 64118 new21/Ernst Josephson-765387.jpg
Leende spanjorska 1881-82
Ernst Josephson Spansk dans Painting ID:: 64119 new21/Ernst Josephson-676974.jpg
Spansk dans 1881-82
Ernst Josephson Ett resande teatersallskap Painting ID:: 64120 new21/Ernst Josephson-748587.jpg
Ett resande teatersallskap 1883
Ernst Josephson Vid pianot Painting ID:: 64121 new21/Ernst Josephson-648978.jpg
Vid pianot 1874-76
Ernst Josephson Sagoberatterskan Painting ID:: 64122 new21/Ernst Josephson-393966.jpg
Sagoberatterskan Interiör från Dalarna. 1874
Ernst Josephson Byskvaller Painting ID:: 64123 new21/Ernst Josephson-532884.jpg
Byskvaller 1886
Ernst Josephson Spinnerskan Painting ID:: 64124 new21/Ernst Josephson-827997.jpg
Spinnerskan 1887
Ernst Josephson Rokande neger Painting ID:: 64125 new21/Ernst Josephson-565362.jpg
Rokande neger 1884
Ernst Josephson La joic de vivre Painting ID:: 64126 new21/Ernst Josephson-636566.jpg
La joic de vivre 1887
Ernst Josephson Detalj ur Falskspelaren Painting ID:: 64127 new21/Ernst Josephson-327478.jpg
Detalj ur Falskspelaren
Ernst Josephson Falskspelaren Painting ID:: 64128 new21/Ernst Josephson-436744.jpg
Falskspelaren 1886
Ernst Josephson Portratt av Jeanette Rubenson Painting ID:: 64129 new21/Ernst Josephson-757766.jpg
Portratt av Jeanette Rubenson 1883
Ernst Josephson a model who would have considered unduly fat a few decades earlier was now permitted to be the subject of artistic study Painting ID:: 64734 new22/Ernst Josephson-457256.jpg
a model who would have considered unduly fat a few decades earlier was now permitted to be the subject of artistic study 1876
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Ernst Josephson vad som n[gra decennier tidigare skulle ha betraktats som overflodigt fett var nu tillatet som konstnarligt studieobjekt Painting ID:: 64736 new22/Ernst Josephson-223898.jpg
vad som n[gra decennier tidigare skulle ha betraktats som overflodigt fett var nu tillatet som konstnarligt studieobjekt 1876
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Ernst Josephson spanska smeder Painting ID:: 68186 new23/Ernst Josephson-488636.jpg
spanska smeder 1881, 124x103 cm
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Ernst Josephson Allan osterlind, the Artist Painting ID:: 80748 new24/Ernst Josephson-676579.jpg
Allan osterlind, the Artist Date 1880(1880)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 119 x 86 cm (46.9 x 33.9 in)
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Ernst Josephson Portrait of Carl Skanberg Painting ID:: 80934 new24/Ernst Josephson-475745.jpg
Portrait of Carl Skanberg Date 1880(1880)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Ernst Josephson David and Saul Painting ID:: 81083 new24/Ernst Josephson-688936.jpg
David and Saul Date 1878(1878)
Medium Oil on canvas
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1851-1906
Swedish
Ernst Josephson Gallery
was a Swedish painter from a prominent Jewish family, whose main work was done on portraits and paintings of folk life.
He did his art studies in Italy, France and the Netherlands, among others, and is reputed to have said at the age of 20: "I will become Sweden's Rembrandt or die."
However, his life was marred by illness. He contracted syphilis at a relatively young age, and in 1888 he became mentally ill during a visit to Brittany, having religious hallucinations and believing that he was God and Christ.
He was later taken to hospital in Uppsala and diagnosed with schizophrenia, but continued working throughout his disease, often while in a trance-like state.
He also wrote poetry, in the collections Svarta rosor (1888, Black Roses) and Gula rosor (1896, Yellow Roses). His main work, Strömkarlen (1884, the Nix), was refused by the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm - however, Prince Eugen, Duke of Narke, bought the painting in fury over the decision.
Grandfather of Erland Josephson.