Bror Anders Wikstrom (1854-1909)
1902
oil on canvas
| Mangrove Swamp Bror Anders Wikstrom (1854-1909) 1902 oil on canvas |
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| Prior to settling in New
Orleans by 1883, Bror A. Wikstrom trained at the
Stockholm Royal Academy of Fine Arts in his native Sweden
and with the artists Julien and Colarossi in Paris. Known
for his marine and landscape paintings and etchings,
Wikstrom also designed the pageantry sets for the
carnival organizations of Proteus and Rex. With a group
of artists including Paul Poincy, Andres Molinary, and
Achille Perelli, he was a founder of the Artists’
Association of New Orleans in 1885, taught at its art
school, and served as its president and on the board of
directors. Wikstrom also published and largely financed
the short-lived illustrated periodical Arts and
Letters, which featured many writers of the day. In addition to Mangrove Swamp, the Louisiana State Museum has many of Wikstrom’s etchings and carnival sketches, his paint box and engraving tools, and a vintage photograph of the interior of his studio on Commercial Place in New Orleans. |