Nils Kreuger Postcards: The Nils Kreuger Postcard Collection.

Nils Kreuger (11 October 1858 – 11 May 1930) was a Swedish painter, specialising in landscapes and rural scenes.His father, Johan August (1821–1887), operated a lumber and wood products business. In 1874, he began his studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, but was forced to discontinue them due to illness. In 1878, he was able to resume studying at the private painting school of Edvard Perséus. He then went to Paris, in 1881, and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Colarossi. Much of his time was spent painting en plein aire in Grez-sur-Loing. As his style progressed, he showed a preference for painting at dawn or dusk, in haze or rain.Full article.