After escaping from a French colony in Latin America, Afro-American Pierre Alexandre fled to Sweden. The black man worked in the docks, and when the docks froze in winter, he was a model at the art school. As an African, Alexandre was perhaps the only black person many of the art students knew. They often used costumes and props to cast him in exotic poses.
But in this portrait, young Karin Bergöö, one of the few female students at the academy, captures Alexandre's individuality. As he stands close to the picture plane, he feels physically present, even if his distant gaze suggests his mind is elsewhere.
Karin Larsson- Bergöö (3 October 1859 - 18 February 1928) was a Swedish artist. She was married to the artist Carl Larsson, whom she met in the Swedish artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing, France.
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