Nils Blommér

He was born to the schoolteacher, Anders Olsson, and his wife, Elsa née Jakobsdotter, in Blommeröd, a village in the Diocese of Lund.

He started his career as an apprentice to Magnus Körner [sv] in Lund then, in 1839, enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.

He also drew inspiration from Swedish folk songs and the folklore motifs of the Austrian painter, Moritz von Schwind.

Around 1850, he moved to Italy where, in November 1852, he married Edla Gustafva Jansson [sv], also a painter.

A few weeks later, he caught pneumonia and died in Rome, from related complications, early the following year.