Opponenterna
{{Short description|19th-century Swedish artist group}}
File:SwedishPainters1885.jpg and Ernst Josephson. Seated from left: Richard Bergh, August Hagborg and Per Hasselberg.]]
{{Lang|sv|Opponenterna}} ('the Opponents') was a group of 84 Swedish artists who, under the leadership of Ernst Josephson, organized the Opponent Movement ({{Lang|sv|Opponentrörelsen}}) in the 1880s.{{Citation |title=Konstnärsförbundet |date=2020-12-14 |url=http://snl.no/Konstn%C3%A4rsf%C3%B6rbundet |work=Store norske leksikon |language=nb |access-date=2022-06-08 |archive-date=2022-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311190905/https://snl.no/Konstn%C3%A4rsf%C3%B6rbundet |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Opponenterna |url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/opponenterna |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Nationalencyklopedin |language=sv |archive-date=2022-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608085543/https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/opponenterna |url-status=live }} On 27 March 1885, the members submitted their written demands to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts for a modernization and reform of art education, exhibition activities and support for artists. However, their demands were rejected, which in turn led to the formation of the Konstnärsförbundet ('the Artists' Association') the following year.{{Cite book |title=1880-årene i nordisk maleri |publisher=Nasjonalgalleriet |year=1985 |isbn=9788299057622 |editor-last=Pontus |editor-first=Grate |page=23 |language=no |translator-last=Petersen |translator-first=Elisabeth |editor-last2=Hökby |editor-first2=Nils-Göran |translator-last2=Skedsmo |translator-first2=Tone |translator-last3=Engelstad |translator-first3=Svein A.H.}}
Members
The movement primarily consisted of young artists, who had been to Paris and the Swedish artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing and were influenced by French painting, which soon had a great impact on the Swedish public as well. Some of the Opponents included August Hagborg, Per Hasselberg, {{Ill|Gusten Lindberg|sv}}, Ernst Josephson, Carl Larsson, Eugène Jansson, Richard Bergh, Arvid Mauritz Lindström, Karl Nordström, Johan Krauthén, and Georg Pauli.{{Cite book |author=Redau |first=Christiane |title=Nordiske malere |publisher=Hjarrand |year=1992 |isbn=9788291034041 |page=15 |language=no}}{{Cite book |title=Somrene på Skagen |publisher=Blaafarveværket |others=Astrid Lindgren, Axel Robert Petersson |year=1997 |isbn=8290734166 |editor-last=Steinsvik |editor-first=Tone Sinding |page=92 |language=no}} Most of them were stationed on Dalarö in the summers.
Exhibitions
The Opponents' first exhibition took place at {{Ill|Blanch's art salon|lt=Theodor Blanch's art salon|sv|Blanchs konstsalong}} in Stockholm on 15 September 1885. The vernissage consisted of 155 exhibited works by 59 different artists.{{Cite book |title=Konstnärsliv på Dalarö, svenska konstnärer som vistats och verkat på Dalarö under 1800-talets sista år |publisher=Dalarö hembygdsförening |year=2011 |oclc=761127564}}
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