Vem är konstnär? : En undersökning av Fredrik Valentin Klinghammers bildvärld från Upsala hospital och asyl 1903-19

The purpose of this essay is to rethink the idea of who an artist is, and the term of "art", from the perspective of a forgotten visual world, buried in the medical records of Fredrik Valentin Klinghammer, who was institutionalized in Uppsala 1903-19. A man with no training in art who left a big amount of pictures behind after his death. The moethod of intertextuality is applied, relating to impressionism, symbolism and cartoon drawings from news papers in the 1800's. The results show Klinghammer had good knowledge of the art currents, he was likely inspired by them and created imagery that should be considered as art since it awakes emotions and also redefines the role of the artist