Artist: Axel Sjöberg (1866-1950)
Axel Sjöberg (1866-1950) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. Sjöberg is usually referred to as the discoverer of the Stockholm archipelago in Swedish art.
In 1880 he took up employment at the General Staff's lithographic institute. As a graphic artist, he came in contact with the new camera apparatus and became an early documenter of life in the Stockholm archipelago. He also illustrated books and magazines. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1885 to 1892. From 1900 he was a member of the Swedish Artists' Union and became its secretary in 1904.
Sandhamn, Långviksskär and Landsort are settings to which he remained faithful throughout his artistic life. Sjöberg's great breakthrough came with exhibitions in Copenhagen in 1917 and Liljevalchs in 1918.Sjöberg's watercolour paintings reflect all stages of his artistic activity. He often used watercolour sketches as a basis for his oil paintings. Sjöberg is represented at the Gothenburg Art Museum, the National Museum and the Copenhagen Art Museum, among others.
