Georg Pauli
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Georg Vilhelm Pauli was a Swedish
painter.
Pauli was born in Jönköping
. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts
in Stockholm in 1871-75 and 1878-79, and studied and worked in France and Italy for several years during the 1870s and 1880s. He studied naturalist in- and outdoor painting, influenced by Bastien-Lepage
. In 1887, he married Swedish painter Hanna Hirsch
(1864-1940).
Around 1890, he moved towards a symbolist and synthetist
style. Having encountered cubism
in Paris in 1911, he apprenticed himself to André Lhote
and moved towards a cubist style, which he however abandoned in the 1920s. He had a life-long interest in classical motifs, mythology and symbolism which was often reflected in his paintings.
Beginning in the 1890s Pauli specialized in monumental paintings, decorating walls in the Gothenburg Museum (the current Gothenburg City Museum), the new Stockholm Opera House, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and many other public institutions. He died in Tullinge, Stockholm
County, and is represented by several paintings and many drawings in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
painter.
Pauli was born in Jönköping
Jönköping
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. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
in Stockholm in 1871-75 and 1878-79, and studied and worked in France and Italy for several years during the 1870s and 1880s. He studied naturalist in- and outdoor painting, influenced by Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage , was a French naturalist painter, a style related to the Realist movement.-Life and work:...
. In 1887, he married Swedish painter Hanna Hirsch
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli
Hanna Hirsch, later Hanna Pauli was a Swedish painter.Hanna Hirsch was a daughter of music publisher Abraham Hirsch. She was a friend of Eva Bonnier, and they followed each other through the painting school of August Malmström, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm...
(1864-1940).
Around 1890, he moved towards a symbolist and synthetist
Synthetism
Synthetism is a term used by post-Impressionist artists like Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard and Louis Anquetin to distinguish their work from Impressionism. Earlier, Synthetism has been connected to the term Cloisonnism, and later to Symbolism...
style. Having encountered cubism
Cubism
Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
in Paris in 1911, he apprenticed himself to André Lhote
André Lhote
André Lhote was a French sculptor and painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also very active and influential as a teacher and writer on art....
and moved towards a cubist style, which he however abandoned in the 1920s. He had a life-long interest in classical motifs, mythology and symbolism which was often reflected in his paintings.
Beginning in the 1890s Pauli specialized in monumental paintings, decorating walls in the Gothenburg Museum (the current Gothenburg City Museum), the new Stockholm Opera House, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and many other public institutions. He died in Tullinge, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
County, and is represented by several paintings and many drawings in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.