All Axel Haig's oil paintings
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28024 View of the Winter Smoking Room with Medieval Figures View of the Winter Smoking Room with Medieval Figures 1870 Watercolour 40.6 x 35.6 cm (16 x 14in) Knighthayes Court,Tiverton,Devon (mk63)
Axel Haig
Swedish etcher and architectural draughtsman , 1835-1921 Swedish printmaker, painter and architect. He studied shipbuilding in Karlskrona from 1850 to 1856. The following year he joined the shipbuilders Lawrence Hill & Co. in Glasgow, but soon left to study architecture in London, where he worked with the English architect Ewan Christian (1814-95) and with William Burges. Under the influence of Burges he became especially interested in Gothic architecture. In the late 1870s he began etching, with the intention of illustrating a book on Scotland's medieval architecture. Haig contributed illustrations to numerous English magazines, including The Architect. (For Haig's drawing of William Burges's competition entry for the Law Courts, London) In 1882 he was awarded a medal for his etchings at the Paris Salon and elected an honorary member of the Swedish Royal Academy. . Related Artists to : | William Larkin | Viggo Johansen | Lucas Horenbout | Abraham Janssens | Konstantin Flavitsky |