Nils Forsberg

Forsberg was born to a destitute family in a small village called Riseberga, in the province of Scania. The son of a peasant, he spent his early years in farming, then was apprenticed to a house-painter in Gothenburg. Art historian Richard Muther would later write that Forsberg "became the Swedish Bonnat". now in the Nationalmuseum of Stockholm. He died in Helsingborg on 8 November 1934. He had a son, Nils Forsberg the younger (b 1870), who was also a painter. ==Permanent collections==

In total, 25 of Forsberg's works are held by the Nationalmuseum. Several of his works, including the 1900 painting Gustaf II Adolf before Battle of Lützen, are held by the Gothenburg Museum of Art. ==Gallery==

File:A Communard (Nils Forsberg) - Nationalmuseum - 20117.tif|A Communard (1871) Nationalmuseum File:Acrobat Family before the Circus Manager (Nils Forsberg) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - GKM 0178.tif|Family of Acrobats before the Circus Director (1877) File:Nils Forsberg, Gustav II Adolf.jpg|Gustav II Adolf before the Battle of Lutzen of 1632, in which the king died. Gothenburg Museum of Art, 1900 File:Stenbocks kurir.jpg|''Stenbock's Courier'' (1911) File:Selfportrait (Nils Forsberg) - Nationalmuseum - 19767.tif|Self-portrait (1882) ==References==