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John Bauer

1882-1918 Sweden/Illustrator

 

Brief Biography-John Bauer was a native of Jonkoping, Sweden. He moved to Stockholm in 1898, where he studied at The Royal Academy of Art and met his wife, Ester. He accepted a commission to do a book on Lapland in 1904 and spent several months observing the Laps on their many journeys.
He began his illustrations for Among Gnomes and Trolls in 1907. It was eight volumes long, written by various authors, and it was to be one of his most famous works. In 1908, he went to Italy for two years, gaining inspiration from the antiquities he observed in the museum of Naples.
He later suffered from depression, and his marriage was breaking. So, in 1918, they moved from their remote country house in Bokade to Stockholm to start anew. As John did not like trains, they travelled by ferry, tragically the weather turned stormy, and the ship sank, drowning all crew and passengers.

 

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A Small
Fairy

A Small Fairy

Mountain
Troll

An old Mountain Troll

Bianca
Maria

Bianca Maria

Fairy
Shepherd

Fairy Shepherd


Freja

Freja

Good
Evening

Good Evening-Old Man


Matts

Matts

Root
Trolls

Root Trolls

So-How is your
Appetite

So-How is your Appetite

Boy who was
Never Afraid

The Boy who was Never Afraid

The
Changeling

The Changeling

The Christmas
Goat

The Christmas Goat

The
Magic Herb

The Magic Herb

Trolls and
Princess

Trolls and Princess

Among Gnomes
and Trolls

Among Gnomes and Trolls

Tuvstarr and
the Fishpond

Tuvstarr and the Fishpond

at dusk she often
snuck out

at dusk she often snuck out

ester in
the cottage

ester in the cottage

lapplanders in
snowstorm

lapplanders in snowstorm


self portrait

self portrait

the
fairy princess

the fairy princess

trollmor and the
boy slipped out

trollmor and the boy slipped out of the mountain