From a Painting by Richard Bergh 
August Strindberg 
Strindberg’s Personality 
By Johan Mortensen 
Strindberg’s very manner and appearance were such as to lead 
one to expect an unusual person. His well-knit figure was neither tall 
nor short, and he remained lithe and active in spite of a tendency to 
embonpoint in his later years. His heavy black hair fell in soft waves 
about a face whose dominating feature was a mighty forehead almost 
square in shape. It was like a mountain in a landscape. All the sun¬ 
shine and shadows of his life were reflected on its surface. With his 
damp curls clustered about his forehead he reminded one of Jupi- 
