19th Century
19th Century
Johan Ericson
Early Life, Family and Training Johan Ericson was born on 17 October 1849 in the Karlshamn church parish, Sweden. His early years were shaped by a family in transition; his father, Anders Eriksson, was a woodcarver who emigrated to America when Johan was only four years old. He was raised by his mother, Johanna, née Petersson, in a household where the practicalities of craft and the realities of separation were part of the domestic landscape. His formal artistic development began in earnest when he entered the Royal Institute of Art. Between 1872 and 1878, he refined his technical skills un…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Johan Ericson's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
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Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.