Välkommen till Rackstadmuseet
Members of the Rackstad Colony
Christian Eriksson (1858–1935)
Ericsson was born in Taserud at the Haget house, the current site of the museum’s entrance and café. After studying ornamental sculptor in Stockholm and Hamburg, he went to Paris in 1883 and pursued sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Works such as “St. George and the Dragon” and “Engelbrekt” in the Stockholm City Hall, as well as bas-reliefs on the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Law Court buildings, have earned him a slot among Sweden’s leading sculptors of all time.
Maja Fjæstad (1873–1961)
Maja Hallén attended the Artists’ Association School in 1890–92. She and her husband Gustaf Fjæstad moved to Oppstuhage in 1898, settling down at Kampudden on Lake Racken several years later. A promoter of fine craftsmanship, she helped found the Arvika Konsthantverk handicraft association. Though devoting a good deal of time to painting, she is remembered mostly for her lovely wood engravings.
Gustaf Fjæstad (1868–1948)
Fjæstad attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1891–92. He assisted Carl Larsson with the paintings that appear in the stair lobby of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Fjæstad also helped Bruno Liljefors with his paintings for the Biological Museum on Djurgården Island. While both a textile artist and furniture designer, he is best known for his winter landscapes.
Björn Ahlgrensson (1872–1918)
Ahlgrensson spent his first 14 years in Paris before coming to Sweden. He started off at the studio of decorative painter Carl Gustav Grabow, where he first ran into Fritz Lindström. The two men were admitted to the Artists’ Association School in 1890. After working in Paris in 1892-93, Ahlgrensson settled down on the shores of Lake Racken in 1901. That’s were he painted his famous “Skymingsglöden” (Sunset Glow), which now hangs in the Göteborg Museum of Art. He died of the Spanish Flu at the age of 46.
Fritz Lindström (1874–1962)
A native of Stockholm, Lindström began his career as a young Grabow apprentice. After attending the Artists’ Association School, he studied under Carl Larsson at the Valand School of Art in Göteborg. During a stint in Paris, he met Ivan Aguéli and Carl Eldh. Lindström’s portrait of Aguéli can be viewed these days at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. He moved to the Värmland area of Sweden in 1903 but worked throughout the country and became one of the most popular portrait artists of his day.
In english
:: Oppstuhage
:: How it all began
:: The Rackstad Colony emerges
:: Members of the Rackstad Colony
:: How to get to Rackstadmuseet
apr-maj: ti-sö 11-17
juni-aug : alla dagar 11-17
sept: ti - sö kl 11-17
okt - mars: ti - sö kl 11-16
STÄNGT:
Julafton, juldagen och nyårsafton. Påskafton, Annandag påsk, midsommarafton.
Entré:
vuxen 60 kr
vintertid* 50 kr
skolungdom 25 kr
Medlemskort 250 kr
Familjekort 400 kr
grupp (minst 10 personer)
50 kr per person
vintertid* 45 kr/person
Guidning 450 kr per grupp.
Guidning kvällstid 900 kr per grupp.
*(när Oppstuhage är stängt)
Rackstadmuseet,
Kungsvägen 11,
671 41 Arvika,
tel: 0570 - 809 90
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Rackstadmuseet,
Kungsvägen 11,
671 41 Arvika,
tel: 0570 - 809 90
, 
rackstadmuseet at telia.com
