Ossian Elgström
Josef David Ossian Elgström (19 November 1883 – 20 May 1950) was a Swedish illustrator and writer.
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Ossian Elgström
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- Name
- Ossian Elgström
- Born
- 19 November 1883
- Birthplace
- Strövelstorp, Sweden
- Died
- 20 May 1950
- Place of death
- Båstad
- Education
- Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- writer · illustrator · cartoonist · painter · draftsperson · artist
- Teachers
- Kristian Zahrtmann · Christian Krohg
- Languages
- Swedish
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Josef David Ossian Elgström (19 November 1883 – 20 May 1950) was a Swedish illustrator and writer.
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• Name — Ossian Elgström • Born — 19 November 1883 • Birthplace — Strövelstorp, Sweden • Died — 20 May 1950 • Place of death — Båstad • Other Names — Illustrator and writer • Education — Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts • Relatives — Anna Lenah Elgström (sister)
Personal life
Personal life
Born in Strövelstorp, Elgström was a brother of writer and visual artist Anna Lenah Elgström.
Career
Career
Elgström studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1906 to 1907, and then with Kristian Zahrtmann in 1907 and with Christian Krohg in 1908. He contributed to the magazines Strix, Söndags-Nisse and Puck. He collected folkloristic material from Siberia, Greenland and Lappland, which he used in his books. Among his books are Lapska myther (1914), Lappalaiset (1919), and Karesuando-lapparna (1922). His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Identity
Ossian Elgström is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as writer, illustrator, cartoonist, painter and draftsperson.
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1883
Ossian Elgström was born on 19 November 1883.
1950
Ossian Elgström died at Båstads parish.
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Strövelstorp.
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- “Ossian Elgström”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930,
- 2.Frode Ernst Haverkamp, Ossian Elgström, in Petter Henriksen (ed.), Store norske leksikon (en norvégien), Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, 19 juin 2010
- 3.Ossian Elgström sur Olympedia.org
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930,
- Ernst Manker, The bear feast : a pictorial narrative (by Ossian Elgström), 1972
- Yves Delaporte, Le vêtement lapon, 2004,
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