A Life in Muted Tones Bror Johan Lindh, born Bror Jansson, lived a life defined by the quietude of the Swedish landscape. Born in 1877, he was a man shaped by a lineage of craftsmen; his father, Carl Jansson, had been a painter and decorator since the mid-nineteenth century. The early years of Lindh's life were spent under this paternal guidance, learning the practicalities of the brush and the decoration of furniture. This foundation…