Ole Kruse

Waldemar Thisenius Kruse, known as Ole (13 May 1868, Haderslev - 29 November 1948, Bokenäs, Uddevalla Municipality) was a Danish-Swedish painter.

His first appearance as an artist came in 1893, at the Nordic Exhibition in Christiania (Oslo), while he was working as a decorator for the National Theatre.

The group broke up within a few years, which was apparently due to a falling out between him and Arosenius over the affections of the actress, Esther Sahlin [sv], who had several other admirers among their clique.

Shortly after that affair, he moved from Goteborg to nearby Örgryte, where he became a close friend and confidant of the ship-owner and philanthropist, Werner Lundqvist [sv], who would be a major donor to the local art museum.

The largest collection of his works may be seen at the Göteborgs konstmuseum[2] Media related to Ole Kruse at Wikimedia Commons