August Malmström

1829–1901 · Realism

Johan August Malmström was a Swedish painter. As an artist, he was known for his country motifs often featuring children. His most widely recognized work is Grindslanten (1885) featuring a typical scene from 19th-century Sweden. Influenced by the national romanticism of Gothicismus, he also collected motifs from Norse mythology. He made illustrations for publications of both Frithiofs saga and The Tales of Ensign Stål.

40 paintings

• Grindslanten (1885)
• Tobias healing his blind father's eyes
• A modern Blenda (1901)
• August Malmström-väva vadmal
• Heimer and Aslög (1857)
• August Malmström.Sketch for Älvaleken
• August Malmström-Åke och Grima finner Aslög
• Lekande barn i trädgårdsland
• Children playing at the stream
• Blenda advises the women of Värend to revenge the pillaging of the Danes (1860)
• Disarblot (1901)
• Ingeborg Receiving News of Hjalmar's Death from Orvar Odd (1859)
• Dancing Fairies (1866)
• The Tell-Tale
• The Game
• King Heimer and Aslög (1856)
• Odysseus before Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians (1853)
• Frithiof and Ingeborg (1880)
• King Bele and Thorsten Vikingsson (1880)
• Frithiof's Courtship (1880)
• Frithiof spelar schack (ur Frithiofs saga) (1884)
• The Battle of Bråvalla. Study
• Frithiofs lycka (ur Frithiofs saga) (1880)
• Farewell (1880)
• Ingeborg's Lament (1880)
• Frithiof's Return (1880)
• Balders bål (ur Frithiofs saga) (1884)
• Frithiof Goes Into Exile (1884)
• The Temptation of Frithiof (1880)
• Kung Rings död (ur Frithiofs saga) (1884)
• The Reconciliation (1880)
• Frithiof kommer till Kung Ring (ur Frithiofs saga) (1880)
• The Horse-Fight at Hlidarendi (1897)
• Tonttu - A I 423 - Finnish National Gallery
• The Battle of Bråvalla (1862)
• Njal, Bergthora and Thord Karisson Decide to be Burned Alive. Illustration for Njal’s Saga, ch. 129 (1895)
• Illustration for Njal’s Saga (1895)
• Hallgerd’s Slap (1895)
• Illustration for Njal’s Saga (1897)
• The old and the young Sweden (1894)