Gustaf Wilhelm Palm

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (14 March 1810, Herrelöv's Farm, near Kristianstad - 20 September 1890, Stockholm) was a Swedish landscape painter and art professor.

[1] After completing his basic education, a friend of the family provided the assistance he needed to study with Anders Arvid Arvidsson [sv] in Lund, who taught him drawing.

On his recommendation, Palm was able to make some illustrations for a book on European algae by the botanist, Carl Adolph Agardh.

He then attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and supported himself by doing more illustrations; notably for the zoologist, Sven Nilsson.

After a trip to Norway in 1833, with Count Michael Gustaf Anckarsvärd [sv], who dabbled in lithography, he came under the influence of Johan Christian Dahl and began to depict nature more realistically.