Reinhold Norstedt

Johan Reinhold Norstedt (1 July 1843, Västra Vingåker Parish, Södermanland - 15 December 1911, Stockholm) was a Swedish landscape and portrait painter.

He was in Paris in 1867 to 1870, where he studied singing, with Jean Jacques Masset [fr], as well as painting and etching.

When he returned to Sweden, he worked as a singing teacher at the Royal Swedish Opera, but continued to study art.

They honeymooned in Paris, and he took lessons in croquis from Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, but it was only during his third visit, in 1878, that he finally decided to focus on becoming an artist.

The Barbizon School had a strong influence on his work, but he sought to avoid being a mere imitator.