Rolf Lidberg Jonas (May 26, 1930 in Järkvissle, Sweden – 15 February 2005) was a Swedish artist and botanist,[1] best known for his watercolor paintings and books with paintings of trolls depicting their life near Sweden's Indal river.[1] In his illustrations, his trolls were very human, and usually occupied with something in nature, such as berry or mushroom picking, fishing, or gazing up in the sky. His books have been translated into 12 different languages.
Lidberg's main interest was botany, especially orchids and fungi.[2] He was also a founder of a local mycological society in 1970,[1] traveled around Europe to paint and draw vegetation, and spent long periods in Sicily, where he became an honorary citizen of the city Geraci Siculo.[3]
Lidberg was known for having had hunchback and big beard, closely resembling the trolls that were one of his favorite subjects for illustration. He even named one of his famous troll illustrations, "Self-Portrait." In the early 1980s, Swedish national television channel SVT broadcast a series of three programs on Rolf Lidberg, titled, "A Man and His Flowers."[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rolf Lidberg Mångfaldens Mästare" (PDF). www.trollskagalleriet.com/ (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "Bland Lidbergs växter och troll (Among Lidberg's Plants and Trolls)". www.nsd.se. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "Il mio amico Rolf Lidberg (My friend Rolf Lidberg)". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Bland Lidbergs växter och troll (Among Lidberg's Plants and Trolls)". www.nsd.se. Retrieved 19 July 2014.