▁Hel ena ▁decl ined ▁after ▁Am ie ' s ▁birth ▁and ▁he ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁att ending ▁sé ances . ▁When ▁she ▁felt ▁death ▁approaching , ▁they ▁returned ▁to ▁Stockholm , ▁at ▁her ▁request , ▁and ▁she ▁died ▁there ▁from ▁what ▁is ▁simply ▁described ▁as ▁an ▁" in cur able ▁disease ". ▁Not ▁long ▁after , ▁he ▁caught ▁p neum onia ▁and ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁death ▁himself . ▁During ▁a ▁long ▁con val esc ence , ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁c ared ▁for ▁him ▁was ▁Ger da ▁W ink r ans ▁( 1 8 6 4 - 1 9 1 9 ), ▁whose ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁local ▁R ector . ▁He ▁married ▁her ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁Berg h ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Var berg , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁plans ▁to ▁establish ▁an ▁artists ' ▁col ony . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁N ils ▁Kre ug er ▁and ▁Karl ▁Nord ström , ▁old ▁friends ▁of ▁his ▁from ▁the ▁Academy , ▁a ▁new ▁style ▁of ▁landscape ▁painting ▁was ▁created ▁which ▁became ▁ ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Var berg ▁School ▁( Var berg s sk olan ). ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁found ▁himself ▁more ▁attract ed ▁to ▁Rom antic ▁National ism ; ▁a ▁pred ile ction ▁that ▁was ▁strength ened ▁by ▁a ▁stay ▁in ▁Italy ▁from ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁where ▁the ▁art ▁he ▁observed ▁im pressed ▁him ▁as ▁representing ▁exactly ▁the ▁opposite . ▁The ▁painter ▁Hed v