Johan Ericson

Johan Erik Ericson (17 October 1849, Karlshamn - 26 September 1925, Göteborg) was a Swedish landscape painter.

He was born to Anders Eriksson, a woodcarver, and his wife Johanna, née Petersson.

[1] From 1872 to 1878, he studied at the Royal Institute of Art, where his primary teacher was Per Daniel Holm.

[1] This was followed by studies in France from 1878 to 1884, where he came under the influence of the Impressionists and served as an assistant in the studios of Alfred Wahlberg.

[1] Upon returning to Sweden in 1885, he became a teacher of freehand drawing at the Chalmers Institute of Technology, a position he held until 1915.