Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt was an American artist who painted seascapes and depictions of New Mexicos indigenous culture.
He was born in Tullstorp, Malm, Skne County, Sweden the son of Nils and Ingrid Olsson. The family immigrated to the United States in 1892. He first worked as a typesetter for the Swedish language newspaper, Det Rtta Hemlandet. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and studied with Frederick Richardson. He later apprenticed with Albert Herter in New York City. He studied in Paris at the Acadmie Julian. He adopted his mothers surname to avoid confusion with the maritime artist Julius Olsson, whose work was then becoming popular in Europe and America.
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