Brief Biography-Nils Edvard Kreuger’s initial period of painting was en plein air and later changed to National Romanticism. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and took private lessons with Edvard Perseus. He spent time in Paris, where the works of Jules Bastien-Lepage influenced him. He became involved in the Opponenterna, The Opponents, a protest group against rigid academicism in the Academy of Fine Arts; then, he leaned towards National Romanticism. He co-founded the Artist’s Union and later the Varberg Group with Richard Bergh, inspired by Gauguin and Van Gogh's paintings. Kreuger ceased painting in his later years due to failing sight.