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Per Wickenberg
The Luminous Landscapes of Per Wickenberg Born in the coastal city of Malmö, Sweden, in 1812, Petter Gabriel Wickenberg—known more intimately to the art world as Per—was a painter whose brief life left an indelible mark on the Swedish landscape tradition. The son of an army officer, Wickenberg displayed a precocious talent for the visual arts, beginning formal private lessons at the tender age of thirteen. His early years were marked b
y a rugged determination; following his secondary education in 1830, he worked alongside the barges of Malmö to support his family, a period of labor that likely deepened his connection to the movement and life of the waterways. It was through the collective generosity of friends and family that he was able to pursue his true calling, enrolling at the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Wickenberg’s artistic j…