Johan Stålbom

Portrait of a Lady by Johan Stålbom, 1752

Fredrika Ulrika Staël von Holstein painted by Johan Stålbom 1766

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

• Roosval, Johnny, Lilja, Gösta & Andersson, Knut (red). Svenskt konstnärslexikon(1952-1967). Malmö.
• Boo von Malmborg, Svensk porträttkonst under fem århundraden, Allhems Förlag 1978.

Extern links

• Johan Stålbom, self portrait.

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