Tag: Richard Bergh
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Richard Bergh’s Lady with a fan, with Footnotes. #169
Sven Richard Bergh (1858-1919) was a Swedish painter, art critic and museum manager. Despite many years in France, he remained unattracted to Impressionism, preferring instead the Naturalism of painters such as Jules Bastien-Lepage. He also rejected the idea of creating landscapes en plein aire. Both of his parents were artists and, presumably, his first teachers. He…