Monday 16 October 2017

John Bauer - part 5


John Albert Bauer (1882 – 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. His work is concerned with landscape and mythology, but he also composed portraits. He is best known for his illustrations of early editions of Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls), an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales.

For more information on John Bauer see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.

This is part 5 of a 7-part post on the works of John Bauer:

1913 Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 
(Bland Tomtar Och Troll 7):


Among Gnomes and Trolls 7
( Bland Tomtar och Troll )

Among Gnomes and Trolls 7
( Bland Tomtar och Troll )
Title page

1913 Among Gnomes and Trolls 7
"The Changelings" by Helena Nyblom:


1913  "The Changelings"
( Bortbytingarna ) by Helena Nyblom

1913  "The Changelings" 
( Bortbytingarna ) by Helena Nyblom

1913  "The Changelings"
( Bortbytingarna ) by Helena Nyblom
"Bianca Maria och Trollen"
watercolour 31.5 x 33.5 cm

1913  "The Changelings"
( Bortbytingarna ) by Helena Nyblom
"One evening around midsummer, they went with Bianca Maria deep into the forest"
watercolour 25 x 25 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

1913  "The Changelings" 
( Bortbytingarna ) by Helena Nyblom

1913 Among Gnomes and Trolls 7
"Brother Martin" by Emil Eliason:


1913 "Brother Martin"
( Broder Martin ) by Emil Eliason

1913 "Brother Martin" 
( Broder Martin ) by Emil Eliason

1913 "Brother Martin" 
( Broder Martin ) by Emil Eliason

1913 "Brother Martin" 
( Broder Martin ) by Emil Eliason

1913 "Brother Martin"
( Broder Martin ) by Emil Eliason
pencil, watercolour and gouache 25.4 x 25.4 cm

1913 Sketch for "Brother Martin"
( Broder Martin ) by Emil Eliason

1913 Among Gnomes and Trolls 7
"The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass" 
(Sagan om älgtjuren Skutt och lilla Prinsessan Tuvstarr) 
by Helge Kjellin:


1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 

( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 

( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 

( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 

( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 

( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 
( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin
"Leap Kept Guard as she Slept"

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 
( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin
"Princess Tuvstarr in the Field"

1913 The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass 
( Sagan om äldtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr ) by Helge Kjellin
"Still, Tuvstarr sits and gazes down into the water" 
pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper 25 x 25 cm 
Malmö konstmuseum, Sweden

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1913 School book by John Bauer and Cyrus Granér:











































































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1913 In the Christmas Night

1913 Lucia

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