death_date death_place birth_place training nationality name field birth_date image article_title birth_name
18 october 1901 stockholm , sweden motala , sweden royal swedish academy of arts , stockholm swedish august malmström painting 14 october 1829 august malmström.jpg august malmström
 johan august malmström
august malmström

johan august malmström -lrb- 14 october 1829 -- 18 october 1901 -rrb- was a swedish painter .
as an artist , he was known for his country motives often featuring children .
his most widely recognized work is `` grindslanten '' , featuring a typical scene from 19th century sweden .
influenced by the national romanticism of gothicismus , he also collected motives from norse mythology .
he made illustrations for publications of both frithiofs saga -lrb- `` friðþjófs saga hins frœkna '' -rrb- and the tales of ensign stål -lrb- `` fänrik ståls sägner '' -rrb- .
malmström served as a professor at the royal swedish academy of arts and later manager of the same institution .
malmström was also an illustrator who worked for several newspapers and book publishing houses .
additionally , malmström designed furnitures , worked as a pattern drawer and was a designer for gustavsberg .
