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Egron LundgrenCavalry Officer on his Horseca. 1850
ca. 1850
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About the Item
A finely worked watercolour on paper depicts a mounted cavalry officer—formal in bearing and costume—painted with the delicate clarity for which Egron Lundgren is best known. The sheet is signed in ink “E. L.”, mounted acid-free with a passe-partout and presented in a gilded frame, a conservation-minded treatment that preserves the paper support and the subtle luminosity of the washes. Some glass reflections are unfortunately visible in the photos.
Egron Sellif Lundgren was born in Stockholm on 18 December 1815. After initial technical studies, he followed his artistic interests to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (enrolling in 1835) and then to Paris, where he copied in the Louvre and took studio training with Léon Cogniet. During the 1840s Lundgren lived for long periods in Italy and Spain, where he turned away from ambitions as a history painter and concentrated on genre scenes and topographical watercolors—subjects that would become his hallmark.
London, India and mature career
From about 1850 Lundgren based himself largely in London, where he worked as a portraitist and illustrator and took commissions recording ceremonial life at court and stage scenes. In 1857–1858 he was commissioned by an English firm to travel to India to document the events of the Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny). Traveling under the protection of senior British commanders (he spent time attached to Lord Clyde’s forces), he produced hundreds of sketches and watercolours of military scenes, camp life, street subjects and local people—works that significantly broadened his reputation. He was later elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
Lundgren’s technique exemplifies nineteenth-century watercolour mastery: economical pen or pencil drawing combined with transparent, carefully layered washes, attentive handling of costume and facial type, and an eye for telling anecdote. Although he began with ambitions in history painting, his lasting achievement is in genre portraiture, travel scenes and military topography—subjects rendered with documentary sensitivity and pictorial refinement. Many observers praise his ability to retain freshness and immediacy even in finished studio watercolors.
While living in Britain Lundgren exhibited widely and worked for periodicals and patrons in both private and official circles; he also kept publishing and circulating his travel notes and sketches. Later in life he returned to Sweden and published collections of his letters and diaries (compiled as En målares anteckningar), which provide invaluable first-hand testimony about his travels and working methods.
Examples of Lundgren’s watercolors and drawings are held in major public collections in Britain and Sweden and elsewhere. Notable institutional holdings include the British Museum, the Nationalmuseum (Stockholm) and Göteborgs konstmuseum, among other regional collections and repositories that preserve his travel and India material. These holdings reflect both his documentary importance and his status as a leading nineteenth-century watercolorist.
Egron Lundgren is remembered as one of the most accomplished Swedish watercolorists of the nineteenth century—a cosmopolitan artist who combined continental training, wide travels and a practiced eye for social detail. His Indian sketches in particular remain important historical documents as well as works of art, and his diaries and letters have been used by historians and curators to illuminate both his working practice and the wider context of nineteenth-century travel painting.
- Creator:Egron Lundgren (1815 - 1875, Swedish)
- Creation Year:ca. 1850
- Dimensions:Height: 15.56 in (39.5 cm)Width: 12.21 in (31 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
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- Condition:In a nice condition with good colors.
- Gallery Location:Stockholm, SE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2608216862772
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