Johan Stålbom
Johan Stålbom (1712 – 17 November 1777) was a Swedish painter.
Stålbom was born at Karis (now in Finland). He studied from 1733 with the painters Johan Pasch and Lorens Pasch the Elder in Stockholm.[1] From the 1740s he worked and lived mainly in Östergötland, later in his estate Orräng in Grebo.
Stålbom primarily painted portraits. The Linköping Diocese library shows a portraits he have painted. There are only a few of his works that have survived. In the best of his works is displayed skillful drawing, and strong, but not sophisticated colors. His colorings are characterized by a strong reddish color and a greenish or grayish shading.[1]
Stålbom died in Grebo, Östergötland, Sweden.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Johan Stålbom Brief Bio (Swedish)". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- Roosval, Johnny, Lilja, Gösta & Andersson, Knut (red). Svenskt konstnärslexikon(1952-1967). Malmö.
- Boo von Malmborg, Svensk porträttkonst under fem århundraden, Allhems Förlag 1978.
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