John Bauer
John Bauer
is one of my early artistic influences. As a child I was
thrilled by his paintings featured in the book "Great Swedish
Fairy Tales". I'm delighted to be able to present some of
his beautiful work.
John was born in
Jönköping, Sweden in 1882 and at age 18 he was accepted to the
school of arts. In 1906 he married Ester Ellqvist and
she became the model for his many fairytale princesses.
John Bauer was best known for his illustrations in the
fairytale collection "Among Elves and Trolls".
In 1918, John his wife and son were tragically killed in an
accident with the ferryboat Per Brahe. Sweden mourned the
death of her most beloved illustrator.
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