Editing Carl Larsson (section)

=== Career ===
After several years working as an illustrator of books, magazines, and newspapers, Larsson moved to Paris in 1877, where he spent several frustrating years as a hardworking artist without any success. Larsson was not eager to establish contact with the French progressive [[Impressionism|Impressionists]]; instead, along with other Swedish artists, he cut himself off from the radical movement of change.<ref name="sbl" />

After spending two summers in [[Barbizon]], the refuge of the [[plein-air]] painters, he settled down with his Swedish painter colleagues in 1882, in [[Grez-sur-Loing]] at a Scandinavian artists' colony outside Paris. It was there that he met the artist [[Karin Bergöö Larsson|Karin Bergöö]] (1859–1928), who soon became his wife. This was to be a turning point in Larsson's life. In Grez, Larsson painted some of his most important works, now in [[watercolour]] and very different from the oil painting technique he had previously employed.<ref name="sbl" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://skbl.se/sv/artikel/KarinLarsson |title=Karin Larsson |publisher=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon |author=Ingrid Zakrisson |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, 1897, NGA 33241.jpg|thumb|left|Anders Zorn, ''Carl Larsson'', 1897]]
Carl and Karin Larsson had eight children: Suzanne (b. 1884), Ulf (b. 1887), Pontus (b. 1888), Lisbeth (b. 1891), Brita (b. 1893), Mats (b. 1894), Kersti (b. 1896) and Esbjörn (b. 1900). His family became Larsson's favourite models. Many of the interiors depicted were the work of Karin Larsson, who also worked as an [[interior design]]er.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://owlcation.com/humanities/Carl-Larsson--Master-Illustrator--and-Painter-of-Children-and-Family-Life |title=The Life and Paintings of Swedish Artist and Illustrator, Carl Larsson |publisher=owlcation.com |author=Amanda Severn |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

In 1888, the young family was given a small house named Lilla Hyttnäs at [[Sundborn]] just outside Falun in [[Dalarna County|Dalarna]] by Karin's father Adolf Bergöö (1828–1890). Carl and Karin decorated and furnished this house according to their particular artistic taste and also for the needs of the growing family. Through his paintings and books, Little Hyttnäs has become one of the most famous artist's homes in the world, transmitting the artistic taste of its creators and making it a major line in Swedish interior design. The descendants of Carl and Karin Larsson now own this house, now known as [[Carl Larsson-gården]], and keep it open for tourists each summer from May until October.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.karinforeningen.se/adolf-bergoo/ |title=Köpmannen Adolf Bergöö – Karins pappa |publisher=Karin Bergöö Larssons vänner |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carllarsson.se/en/garden/ |title=Carl Larsson-gården – One of the world's best known and most depicted artist's homes |publisher=Carl Larsson-gården |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

In his later years he suffered from bouts of depression.<ref>Linde, Brita. "Larsson, Carl." ''Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online''. Oxford University Press. Web.</ref> While working on ''[[Midvinterblot]]'' (1915), a large decoration for the vestibule of the [[Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts|Nationalmuseum]], Larsson experienced the onset of an eye problem and a worsening of his frequent headaches.<ref name="Carl">Carl, Klaus H. ''Carl Larsson'', Parkstone Press. 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-78310-585-4}}</ref> After suffering a mild stroke in January 1919, he spent his remaining time completing his memoirs.<ref name="Carl" /> He died later that month in [[Falun]] and was buried in the cemetery of Sundborn Church (''Sundborns kyrka'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/midwinter-s-sacrifice/FgHwZjBuY9GDjA |title='' Midvinterblot '' |publisher=Google Arts and Culture |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carllarsson.se/varens-program-2019/2692-2/ |title=Minneskonsert Sundborns kyrka |publisher=Carl Larsson-gården |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>