Johan Ross The Elder
Johan Ross the Elder (''Johan Ross den äldre'') (1695 – March 26, 1773) was a Swedish church painter. Early life Ross was born at the village of Meldorff in Schleswig-Holstein. He was the son of Johan Ross and Anna Stockhouf. His father was a painter and taught him the trade. He was first mentioned in 1721 when he listed as a journeyman in ''Götheborgs Arts and Painters - Embete''. It also documents that he was a journeyman in his office in Hamburg. After his request for membership in the Gothenburg guild was refused, he traveled to Stockholm to continue his painting in 1730. Career Ross had several assignments in the Gothenburg region during the 1730s, and in 1730 he was doing extensive material rings and decorative works of Lundby main church (''Stora Lundby kyrka''). The church belongs to the Stora Lundby parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg and is situated on the outskirts of Gråbo in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 1732, he appeared in ...
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Johan Ross Den äldre
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