1886 Hellqvist suffered from severe headaches and he stopped painting. He was admitted into a mental hospital in March of 1889 and died twenty months later at the age of 38.
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| Monk in Garden. Painted when he lived in Munich. |
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| Several of Hellqvist's paintings has such excellent detail that snips of them are sold as reproductions |
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Such amazing talent.
ReplyDeleteAmazing indeed. Looking closer at the last one someone once powerful is being mocked by jester, riding backwards on a nag and carrying a large wooden sword.
ReplyDeleteWow. Almost photographic in their detail. Thanks, ERJ.
ReplyDeleteVery fine: and I'd never heard of him.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful work. The detail is amazing.---ken
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