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8/18/2019 John Bauer Art: Trolls, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales - Swedish (1882 - 1918)
Art classes, Anatomy, Perspective, andHistory of Art lectures comprised sevenecture hours, with overtime andrawing assignments at home. There he
met his wife, Esther, whom he marriedn December, 1906. Esther was the
model for The Fairy Princess and manyf his later illustrations. In the spring of 908, John and Esther traveled to Italy,ettling in a villa above Volterra. Theytayed in Italy for nearly two years.auer was stricken by the beauty of 4th century works he found in the
museum of Naples, causing him to sayI notice more and more, that it is fromhe oldest and most primitive artistshat one must learn to become an artistneself".
he details of John Bauer's work areccurate -- Bronze Age axes and
medieval ironwork. The costumes inis fairy tales are modeled from books
n found in the Royal Library. In 1904,e was commissioned to do a book bout Lappland and spent a summer
ollowing the Lapps on theirmigrations. Some of the details of theirress are included in the costumes of is trolls.
His most famous work, the illustrationso the first of eight volumes of Blandomtar och Troll (Among Gnomes androlls), a collection of fary tales written
y Swedish authors, was published in907. It was hugely successful. In thearly volumes, the illustrations wererinted in grey tones only, sometimes
with yellow color added. In the laterolumes we find the famous examplesf his mature work: Princess tuvstarrnd Skutt the moose against thewilight sky. In the later volumes, his
lustrations were printed in color.
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n 1915, he resigned from theommission to illustrate BTT becausee wanted to take his art in a differentirection. He painted Adam and Eve, a
resco of St. Martin, a large oil paintingn canvas, Freja. He suffered fromepression, and doubted his abilitiesnd purpose. By 1918, his marriage wasn the rocks, divorce was beingiscussed, and the world was at war.he country house at Bjorkudden was
oo remote for Esther and a new homewas built in Stockholm with assistancerom John's father. Esther and John, andheir two-year old son, Bengt or Putte,oped to start a new life in the newome in Stockholm. John distrustedrains and insisted that they return byerry, but the Per Brahe capsized intormy weather and all aboardrowned..
rincess Tuvstarr and theishpondrincess Tuvstarr is one of severallustrations done in 1913 for the book rincess Tuvstarr and the Fishpond.he images is of Princess Tuvstarritting by the pool looking for her heartrom The story of Skutt the Moose
Leap the Elk in the Englishranslation)and Princess Tuvstarr
Cottongrass).
Have you ever been in a large forestnd seen a strange black lake hiddeneep among the tall trees? It looksewitched and a little frightening. All is
till - fir trees and pines huddle closend silent on all sides. Sometimes therees bend cautiously and shyly overhe water as if they are wondering what
may be hidden in the dark depths.here is another forest growing in the
water, and it, too, is full of wonder andtillness. Strangest of all, never have thewo forests been able to speak to each
ther....
rincess Tuvstarr (PrincessCottongrass), a girl with long wavy
londe hair, slips away from the DreamCastle to meet Leap the Elk, a strong,oyal, and protective creatures whoarries the princess into the world onis powerful back after the princess
leads to take her with him:
How big and stately you are. You havecrown, too. Let me come with you.et me sit behind your neck, and thenarry me out into life.' The elk hesitates.The world is big and cold, little child,nd you are so small. The world is fullf evil and wickedness, and it will hurt
ou.' 'No, no. I am young and warm. Iave warmth enough for everyone. Im small and good, and want to sharehe good that I have.' 'Princess, theorest is dark and the roads areangerous.' 'But you are with me. Youre great and strong, and can easilyefend us both.'"
hus, the strong and wise elk carries
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he innocent and vulnerable Princess onis back out into the world. At first, all
s well and the princess is delightedwith what she sees on her journey. But,he princess is vulnerable and dangersrom the dark forest lurk everywherend, little by little, rob the princess of er innocence. At some point in the
ourney, she finds herself naked, robbedf her fine white gown. The elk watchesver her vulnerable naked body as sheleeps under the stars at night. Heecomes anxious, worried that histrength and wisdom will not beufficient to protect the little princess.
He seems to want to move on, and
ends down to let the princess climb onis back. Then they are gone in a rush,alloping east. He hardly hears whenhe calls to him, and rarely answers. Asf in a fever he breaks through theangled forest at a furious rate. 'Wherere we going?' asks Princess
Cottongrass. 'To the pool,' is thenswer. 'Deep in the forest is a pool,
nd that is where I go when autumn isoming. No person has ever been there,ut you shall see it.'"
he elk warns her to be careful of theanger in the water, to watch herolden heart chain around her neck.ut, the princess, mesmerized by theark shining water bends forward for a
loser look and the golden heard slipsver her head and drops in the pool.Oh, my heart, the golden heart that mymother gave me the day I was born.Oh, what shall I do?' She is inconsolablend wanders over the tussocks to look or her heart. The elk warns her 'It isangerous for you here. Looking forne thing, you will forget everything
lse.'
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ut, the princess wants to stay to finder heart. She gently strokes the elk andisses his bent head. 'Then, small andlim and undressed, she goes and sitsown on a grassy hillock. For a long
ime the elk stands quite still and lookst the small girl. But when she noonger seems to notice that he is there,e turns and disappears with hesitantteps into the forest.'
Many years have passed. Still PrincessCottongrass sits and looks wonderinglynto the water for her heart. She is noonger a little girl. Instead, a slenderlant, crowned with white cotton,tands leaning over the edge of the
ool. Now and then the elk returns,tops, and looks at it tenderly. Only henows that this is the princess from
Dream Castle. Perhaps she nods andmiles, for he is an old friend, but sheoes not want to follow him back; sheannot follow any more, as long as shes under the spell. The spell lies in theool. Far, far under the water lies a lost
eart."
till Princess Cottongrass sits and lookswonderingly into the dark depths of he water.
llustrations from Our
athers' Godsaga
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