Johan Fredrik Höckert (1826 - 1866)

Johan Fredrik Höckert

Johan Fredrik Höckert was a Swedish painter and representative of the National Romanticism.

Höckert studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, traveled and painted extensively. His first works in Paris attracted attention, he received an honorary award at the Paris Salon, his paintings were bought by noble Europeans.

As subjects for paintings Höckert attracted historical events of Europe. The artist and became famous for such epic, dramatic canvases. He also painted landscapes, domestic scenes and even political cartoons for Swedish magazines. Höckert's most famous painting is Slottsbranden in Stockholm, depicting the fire that destroyed Tre Kronor Castle in 1697, first exhibited in 1866. Today it is considered one of Sweden's most outstanding paintings.