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Joseph Magnus Stäck
Joseph Magnus Stäck (4 April 181221 February 1868) was a Swedish landscape painter and art professor. Biography Stäck was born at Lund, Sweden. His father, Joseph Stäck was a hawker and wig maker. His grandfather, Balthasar Stecchi (b. 1728) was of Bolognese origin. The family had been known as "Stechow" and "Stächof" prior to adopting the surname Stäck. His childhood home also served as a boarding house. It was home to the painter, Andreas Arfwidsson (1786-1831) and two other young men who would become artists: Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810-1890) and P. Magnus Körner (1808-1864). His first lessons may have been provided by Arfwidsson. He enrolled at Lund University with the apparent intent of becoming a physician, although he never joined the Faculty of Medicine. He had already passed the "Examen Theologicum" and earned a Master of Philosophy (''Examen pro Exercitio'') when, he later wrote, the "painter took over". In 1832, he followed his friends Palm and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is " José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with '' Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |