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165: 176: 97: 187: 354: 32: 245:. To Hill, drawing was a way to take control of the new world which had now succeeded the old one. On paper he created a world of his own. Drawing became a way to distract the evil forces that he perceived surrounding him constantly. He defended himself, using a pencil as his weapon. "The prince of whispers ... where the world glows in a blood-red struggle" writes 493: 213:, he abandoned the dark coloration of his early paintings in 1876, and began painting in a freer style, sometimes applying impasto with a palette knife. "Ambition drives me to overexert myself and I give myself no peace" he said. Yet, Hill's endeavors were not crowned with official success; his works were rejected when he presented them at the 295:. Since then several works about Hill have appeared in Sweden, and Hill exhibitions succeed one another both in Sweden and abroad. Hill is now reckoned as one of Sweden's most important landscape painters, and the drawings done during the time he was ill in Lund have made him known outside Sweden as well. 225:. Friends helped him return home to Sweden where he gained sanctuary at his parental home after a short period at St. Lars mental hospital in Lund. At home he was cared for by his mother and a sister for 28 years until his death in 1911. Hill was buried at Ă–stra churchyard in Lund. 114:
and draftsman. He is known for the atmospheric landscapes he painted during the first four years of his career, and for the drawings of fantastical scenes he created after he became mentally ill in his late twenties.
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of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1949, a hundred years after Hill's birth, a travelling exhibition was shown in London, Lucerne, Basel, Geneva and Hamburg. The exhibition was a success, and in 1952 the
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Hill wrote: “I have become convinced that art has no other goal than the truth, le vrai. Not the tritely naturalistic, but the true heart." He sought his subjects at different sites in France;
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calls it "the second great period of his life as a painter". His artistry continued unabated; during these years he drew four drawings a day. The
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Oil and watercolour paintings by Carl Fredrik Hill in the gallery for temporary exhibits at the Gothenburg Museum of Art, 1934
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Hill never lived to see his recognition as an artist. He produced thousands of drawings in various techniques:
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During the 28 years before his death, Hill's creative work entered a new phase. The Swedish art historian
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for Hill's drawings in this period came from imagination and memory as well as from older art and
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Hill's drawings were discovered and admired mainly by artists. Thanks to the Swedish collector
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Born the son of a mathematics professor, Hill grew up in the university town of
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Gunnarsson, T. (2003, January 01). "Hill, Carl Fredrik". Grove Art Online.
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south of Paris, which was a thriving artists' colony. Both the
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in Paris published a book about Hill with an introduction by
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