Feb 13, 2022
Alfred Wahlberg (Feb. 13, 1834 - 1906) was a Swedish painter. He originally studied music at the Royal Conservatory in Stockholm, but always also painted on the side. When he realized he could sell his work, he moved to Düsseldorf to study art there, and later to Paris.
He basically kept to a late National Romantic aesthetics which was popular and brought him a steady income and recognition. He became a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy despite never having studied there, and his work is in museums in several countries. This is a typical moonlight composition from Göteborgs Konstmuseum:
Fjällbacka i månsken, 1881 - oil on canvas
