Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (April 13, 1878-April 21, 1955); American artist who painted seascapes and depictions of New Mexico's indigenous culture. Born in Tullstorp, Malmö, Sweden, the son of Nils and Ingrid (Nordfeldt) Olsson. The family immigrated to the US in 1892. First worked as a typesetter for the Swedish language newspaper, Det Rätta Hemlandet. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and studied with Frederick Richardson. Later apprenticed with Albert Herter in NYC. He studied in Paris at the Académie Julian. He adopted his mother's surname to avoid confusion with the maritime artist (Alfred) Julius Olsson, whose work was then becoming popular in Europe and America. During World War I he was in San Francisco where he registered for the draft. During the war, he was assigned to San Francisco to supervise the camouflage of merchant ships. After his service, he went to Santa Fe, New Mexico upon the suggestion of William Penhallow Henderson and ended up moving there. In 1921, Nordfeldt was elected an associate member of the Taos Society of Artists. In 1940 he relocated to Lambertville, New Jersey. Throughout the 1930s, Nordfeldt taught at various schools including Utah State College, the Wichita Art Association and the Minneapolis School of Art. From 1941-43, he was a guest professor for the Department of Art of the University of Texas. Worked in diverse styles and media, including etchings and prints, portraiture, still lifes, and landscapes. He strove for a flattening of form and distortion of space, creating stylized images. He chose subjects laden with emotional power, especially nature and religious scenes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bror_Julius_Olsson_Nordfeldt) Unlike many artists, Nordfeldt continued to grow in inventiveness as he progressed in years. He made of physical reality, paintings that were classically ordered and often beautifully poetic. Even after he reached 75, his... (http://apfineart.com/artist/bror-julius-olsson-nordfeldt/) undefined

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