Karl Nordström (1855-1923) was a leading figure in National Romantic atmospheric painting and has come to be known in Swedish art history as one of our most important landscape painters. Karl Nordström was also active as an art politician and during his permanent leadership as chairman of the Swedish Artists' Association between 1896 and 1920, he succeeded in creating a favorable climate for modern art in Sweden. He was also a popular teacher at the Swedish Artists' Association's schools. Karl Nordström is the artist most widely represented in Waldemarsudde's collections, and Prince Eugen made his first purchase as an art collector at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 with a winter landscape painted by Karl Nordström on Tjörn. As a complement to our upcoming spring 2014 exhibition on Karl Nordström, a publication highlighting Nordström's entire artistic development and his important role as an art politician will be produced. The book's articles are written by a number of prominent experts on late 19th century art life. The publication will fill a gap since no corresponding and more comprehensive publication on Karl Nordström is yet available. The richly illustrated publication will be published in collaboration with Carlsson förlag.