Editing Carl Larsson (section)

== Paintings ==
[[File:Atelje-idyll Konstnärens hustru med dottern Suzanne av Carl Larsson 1885.jpg|thumb|A studio idyll depicting the artist's wife with their first child, Suzanne]]

Larsson's popularity increased considerably with the development of colour reproduction technology in the 1890s, when the Swedish publisher Bonnier published books written and illustrated by Larsson and containing full colour reproductions of his watercolours, titled ''A Home''. However, the print runs of these rather expensive albums did not come close to that produced in 1909 by the German publisher [[Karl Robert Langewiesche]] (1874–1931). Langewiesche's choice of watercolours, drawings and text by Carl Larsson, titled ''Das Haus in der Sonne'' (Königstein, Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche. 1909), immediately became one of the German publishing industry's best-sellers of the year—40,000 copies sold in three months, and more than 40 print runs have been produced up to 2001. Carl and Karin Larsson declared themselves overwhelmed by such success.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenthreadrarebooks.com/products/das-haus-in-der-sonne-illustrated-by-carl-larsson |title=Das Haus In Der Sonne illustrated by Carl Larsson |publisher=Golden Thread Rare Books |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

Carl Larsson considered his monumental works, such as his frescos in schools, museums and other public buildings, to be his most important works. His last monumental work, ''[[Midvinterblot]]'' (''[[Yule|Midwinter]] Sacrifice''), a {{convert|6|x|14|m|ft|adj=on}} oil painting completed in 1915, had been commissioned for a wall in the [[Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts|National Museum]] in Stockholm (which already had several of his frescos adorning its walls). However, upon completion, it was rejected by the board of the museum. The fresco depicts the [[blót]] of King [[Domalde]] at the [[Temple of Uppsala]]. Decades later, the painting was purchased and placed in the National Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://curiator.com/art/carl-larsson/midvinterblot-midwinter-sacrifice |title=Midvinterblot (Midwinter Sacrifice), 1915 by Carl Larsson |publisher=curiator.com |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

=== ''Midvinterblot'' ===
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[[File:Nationalmuseum trappa 2008b.jpg|thumb|''Midvinterblot'' <br />Nationalmuseum in Stockholm (1915)]]
In his memoirs ''Jag'' (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag, 1931) – published after Larsson's death – he declared his bitterness and disappointment over this rejection of the painting he himself considered to be his greatest achievement: "The fate of ''Midvinterblot'' broke me! This I admit with a dark anger. And still, it was probably the best thing that could have happened, because my intuition tells me – once again! – that this painting, with all its weaknesses, will one day, when I'm gone, be honoured with a far better placement." Larsson admitted, however, in the same memoirs <!-- (chapter "Artist of the Home") --> that the pictures of his family and home "became the most immediate and lasting part of my life's work. For these pictures are of course a very genuine expression of my personality, of my deepest feelings, of all my limitless love for my wife and children."{{quote without source|date=August 2023}}

Fights between different schools of Swedish artists caused the "Midvinterblot" controversy to continue for many years. In 1987 the museum was even offered the monumental painting for free, provided it would adorn the empty wall for which it had been intended, but the museum declined the offer, so the painting was sold to the Japanese collector [[Hiroshi Ishizuka]]. In 1992, he agreed to lend it to the museum for its major Carl Larsson exhibition, where it was hung in the intended place. Public appreciation changed the experts' view of the painting, and with the help of private donations the museum was able to buy it from Ishizuka in 1997 and permanently display it in the location for which it was intended.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eclecticlight.co/2015/11/22/carl-larsson-how-a-loved-and-popular-painter-became-lost-in-controversy/ |title=Carl Larsson: how a loved and popular painter became lost in controversy |publisher=eclecticlight.co |date=22 November 2015 |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

=== Gallery ===
<gallery widths="154px" heights="200px" perrow="5">
File:Martina med frukostbrickan.JPG|''Martina with the breakfast tray'', watercolor, 1904
File:Carl Larsson Brita as Iduna.jpg|''Brita as [[Iðunn|Iduna]]'', lithograph, 1901
File:Kurragömma.jpg|''Hide and Seek'', 1898
File:BritaAndI Selfportrait.jpg|Self-portrait with Brita, watercolor, 1895
File:Carl Larsson - Self Portrait.png|''Self-portrait'', oil on canvas, 1906
</gallery>
<gallery widths="200px" heights="154px" perrow="3">
File:Mammas och småflickornas rum av Carl Larsson 1897.jpg|''Mamma's and the small girls' room'', watercolor, 1897
File:Namnsdag på härbret av Carl Larsson 1898.jpg|''Nameday at the storage house'', watercolor, 1897
File:The Kitchen. From A Home (26 watercolours) (Carl Larsson) - Nationalmuseum - 24211.tif|''The kitchen'', watercolor, c. 1898
File:Crayfishing._From_A_Home_(26_watercolours)_(Carl_Larsson)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_24219.tif|''Crayfishing'', watercolor, c. 1898
File:Carl Larsson Azalea Thielska 215.tif|''Azalea'', 1906
</gallery>