Portrait Sweden
Jeanne Bauck, full name Jeanna Maria Charlotta Bauck, was a Swedish-German artist.
She studied painting in Dresden and Düsseldorf with the best teachers of the time. Later in Munich, Jeanne met the artist Berthe Wegmann, who became her friend. The emancipated women painted portraits of each other and exhibited their work in the Paris Salon. In 1882 Bauck opened a school for women artists in Munich and along with teaching painted landscapes, children's portraits.
Michael Dahl was a Swedish portrait painter.
After several years of traveling in France and Italy, he finally settled in London in 1689, where he worked in the studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Dahl painted portraits of many aristocrats and some members of royal families. Michael Dahl soon became his teacher's chief rival and gained the patronage of Prince George of Denmark and his wife Princess Anne, whose portraits he also created. His studio practice flourished and he was the most popular portrait painter in London at the time.
Elin Danielson-Gamboji, full name Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi, is a Finnish-Swedish artist.
She is a representative of the "golden age" of Finnish art in the period 1880-1910 and belonged to the first generation of Finnish women artists who received professional art education. Elin painted female portraits and genre scenes in the style of French realism and naturalism.
Natalia Edenmont (Russian: Наталия Эденмонт), born Natalie Nicole Edenmont (Натали Николь Эденмонт), a Swedish-Ukrainian photo-based artist, has been carving a unique niche in the world of art since her move to Sweden from Yalta, Crimea, in 1991. Born in 1970, Edenmont's journey in art began with her studies at the State Art School of Kiev and continued at Simferopol State Art School in Crimea. Her talent and passion for art took a new direction at Forsberg’s International School of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, where she studied graphic design.
Nathalia Edenmont's work is a reflection of her personal experiences and inner visions. She is renowned for her distinctive approach to creating art, which involves visualizing the images in her mind in their entirety before capturing them. This meticulous process is evident in her stunning portraits of women adorned in dresses made of fruits, flowers, and even shimmering beetles, showcasing a blend of the natural and the fantastical.
Her portfolio is diverse, including the use of dead animals and animal parts in her photographs, a practice that might be controversial but is deeply symbolic. These creations are more than just visual spectacles; they are narratives of life, death, and the unspoken stories of nature.
Nathalia Edenmont's art has gained international recognition, with exhibitions held in prominent cities like London, New York, Berlin, and Moscow. Her works have found a place in both private and public collections globally, including esteemed institutions such as the Modern Museum in Stockholm, the Miami Art Museum, and the Moscow House of Photography Museum.
For collectors and art experts, Nathalia Edenmont’s works offer a glimpse into a world where art intersects with personal experience, nature, and introspection. Her unique vision and masterful execution make her pieces a valuable addition to any collection that seeks depth and a touch of the surreal.
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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.
Olaf Jordan was a German and Swedish painter of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a portrait painter.
Jordan was attached as a war artist to the collaborationist SS Cossack Cavalry during World War II and created many portraits of Cossacks. Some of his work was confiscated by the Americans, who judged the drawings to be apologia for the Nazi regime. Jordan himself remained in Soviet captivity until 1947, after which he moved to Sweden, where he painted mostly portraits of children. Before the war, he worked on a series of depictions of Yugoslav folk types.
Lotte Laserstein was a German-Swedish artist and a prominent representative of German realism.
Lotte was a student at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Fine Arts and became an accomplished realist painter, receiving a gold medal from the Academy for her work. Her first exhibition took place in 1930 at a Berlin gallery. Laserstein worked partly in figurative painting, had apprentices, and illustrated anatomy texts to earn money. She also painted portraits of cosmopolitan, emancipated women as well as self-portraits.
The National Socialist regime forced the artist to leave Germany in 1937 and emigrate to Sweden. Her mother died in a concentration camp. Lotte Laserstein lived in Stockholm until the end of her life, creating over five decades of work, in addition to expressive self-portraits, many moving images of other immigrants, rural landscapes and urban scenes in Sweden.
Lotte Laserstein became a member of the Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and earned a reputation as a popular and respected portraitist. She has approximately 10,000 works in her oeuvre.
Alexander Roslin was a distinguished Swedish portrait painter, celebrated for his refined depictions of European aristocracy, often highlighting his subjects' luxurious garments with great precision. Born in Malmö on July 15, 1718, Roslin moved to Paris in 1752 after developing his artistic skills in Sweden and traveling through Europe. His stay in Paris marked the peak of his career, where he became a prominent artist noted for his ability to capture the subtle intricacies of satin and skin, earning the admiration of high society.
Throughout his career, Roslin painted notable figures such as Empress Catherine II of Russia and members of the French aristocracy. His works, such as "The Lady with the Veil" (1768), showcase his skill in portraying delicate complexions and rich textiles, attributes that made his paintings highly sought after. This painting, along with others like "King Gustav III of Sweden" (1777), are celebrated for their artistic finesse and are held in prestigious collections, indicating Roslin's lasting legacy in the art world.
For collectors and enthusiasts of classical portraiture, Roslin's work offers a glimpse into the elegance of 18th-century aristocratic life, capturing both the opulence of the era and the personal character of his subjects. To stay updated on exhibitions and sales of Alexander Roslin's works, sign up for our newsletter. This subscription will keep you informed about new acquisitions and notable auction events featuring Roslin's art, ensuring you never miss an opportunity to appreciate or acquire his exquisite portraits.
Hugo Fredrik Salmson was a Swedish painter known for his figures and genre scenes. After studying business, he pursued an artistic career and received training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.
Salmson gained recognition for his painting of Sten Sture the Younger meeting Gustav Trolle. He traveled to Paris for further artistic development and exhibited at the Salon in 1870. Despite becoming a member of the Royal Academy, he later joined a group opposing its teaching methods. In his later years, Salmson focused on portraits but battled depression and died in 1894.
Magnus Thoren is a Swedish artist living and working in Oslo, Norway and Berlin.
Thorén is an artist of great stylistic diversity, he combines many different techniques in a uniquely inventive modern painting. He switches easily between figurative, abstract and monochrome compositions. Thoren's enormous gray monochrome works are impressive illustrations of how to create high-level energy using almost only one color.
Jacob van der Heyden was a Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver. According to Houbraken he was a painter from Strasbourg who painted for royalty. According to the RKD he worked in Strasbourg, Frankfurt, and Sweden. and was known for portraits, landscapes and historical allegories. Most of his work that survives today are engravings. He died in Brussels.
Johann Heinrich Wedekind was a Baltic-German painter born on August 15, 1674, in Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) and died on October 8, 1736, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is noted for his contributions to secular portrait painting in Russia, particularly during the era of Peter the Great, whom he served as a court painter. Wedekind's work helped establish the genre of secular portraiture in Russia, a significant departure from the predominantly religious themes that characterized Russian art at the time.
Wedekind initially trained under the Baltic-German painter Ernst Wilhelm Londicer and spent significant periods working in Lübeck and Riga before relocating permanently to Russia. Throughout his career, he painted many notable figures, including Swedish and Russian nobility and royalty such as King Charles XII of Sweden and Tsar Peter the Great. Many of his works are held in private collections, with some attributed based on his distinctive brush technique, though they were widely dispersed following the October Revolution.
Despite his contributions to Russian art, critical reviews of Wedekind's work tend to describe it as diligent yet mediocre. His life outside of painting was marked by personal responsibilities, including managing a family pharmacy, which might have affected his artistic output. Today, while many of his paintings are no longer in major museums, his legacy as a pioneer of portrait painting in Russia endures.
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Anders Leonard Zorn was a Swedish painter, graphic artist, photographer and sculptor.
Zorn studied at the Stockholm Academy and then traveled extensively throughout Europe. After working in England, France and the United States, he returned to Mora in 1896. Zorn painted landscapes and portraits in watercolor and oil, and became known mainly for original salon painting and secular portraiture. Among his models were King Oscar II of Sweden, U.S. Presidents Grover Cleveland, William Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Through his work, Anders Zorn gained a reputation as one of the best genre painters and portraitists in Europe at the end of the 19th century, whose talent lay in his perceptive ability to convey the individual character of the model. At the age of 29, he was awarded the title of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris.
Zorn also worked in etching, using the technique of drawing parallel lines across the plate; he was also a sculptor. Anders Zorn also amassed a significant art collection, which he bequeathed to the Swedish state. At the end of his life in 1920, he established the Swedish Bellman Prize for Literature.