Artist

John F. Carlson

born Kolsebro, Sweden 1874-died New York City 1945
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John F. Carlson, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001343
Also known as
  • John Fabian Carlson
Born
Kolsebro, Sweden
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Woodstock, New York, United States
Biography

Painter known particularly for his meditative winter scenes rendered in the tonalist tradition. Carlson also painted landscapes of the Far West and the Canadian Rockies, founded the John F. Carlson School of Landscape Painting in Woodstock, N.Y., and authored Elementary Principles of Landscape Painting (1928).

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)