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| Carl Fredrik Hill Evening ca. 1878 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill The Black Spruces 1878 oil on canvas Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Stormy Landscape with Spruces before 1911 drawing private collection |
"Cared for by his mother and sister, Carl Fredrik Hill spent the years from 1883 until his death in 1911 in his native town Lund. His manifold and impressive drawings, for which he has become famous, date from that time. Hill has been regarded as a major voice of inner emigration in the context of the art of mentally disordered persons and outsiders. He was diagnosed a schizophrenic, and early interpretations of his work distinguish between a mentally "sound" and a mentally "ill" phase. Displaying more subtlety, today's approaches see his work rooted between aesthetic self-determination and state-bound art. The exciting, wild world of his drawings contrasts sharply with his outwardly almost eventless life. Hill's understanding of himself oscillated between self-tormenting, guilt-ridden doubts and brilliant exuberance."
"Carl Fredrik Hill's drawings were discovered and admired by artists mainly. Thanks to the Swedish collector Rolf de Maré, Hill's work became known in connection with the French avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, and continues to be a rich source of inspiration for both Swedish and international artists."
– curator's text from a 2003 exhibition devoted to Hill at the Bawag Foundation in Vienna
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Flooded Landscape before 1911 crayon drawing private collection |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Landscape with Trees and Waterfall before 1911 drawing private collection |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Bare Trees on the Water before 1911 drawing private collection |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Cliffs before 1911 crayon drawing private collection |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Figures on Golden Ground before 1911 oil on paper Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill The Family, Variation I before 1911 oil on paper, mounted on canvas private collection |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Man who cut his throat before 1911 drawing Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Untitled before 1911 crayon drawing Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Untitled (Maledictio gentibus terrae! Amen!) before 1911 drawing Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Untitled (Hill repeated in the sky) before 1911 drawing Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Carl Fredrik Hill Storm before 1911 crayon drawing private collection |