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Maria Carowsky
Maria Carowsky (née Ross) (1723–1793) was a Swedish artist. Maria Carowsky was born in Gothenburg to the artist Johan Ross the Elder, an emigrant from Holstein. In 1744, she married the artist Michael Carowsky. She was widowed in 1745 and took over her husband's studio. She was employed as a decorator of the Gothenburg Cathedral from the 1750s to the 1770s. She is known as the artist behind the pulpit in the Lerum Church from 1752. She played a great role as the teacher of several art students in her studio. Her daughter Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (1745–1797) was a portrait painter. See also * Margareta Capsia Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was a Swedish/Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait pa ... References Other sources * Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holstein
Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany. Holstein once existed as the German County of Holstein (german: Grafschaft Holstein, links=no; 811–1474), the later Duchy of Holstein (german: Herzogtum Holstein, links=no; 1474–1866), and was the northernmost territory of the Holy Roman Empire. The history of Holstein is closely intertwined with the history of the Danish Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Slesvig, links=no). The capital of Holstein is Kiel. Holstein's name comes from the Holcetae, a Saxon tribe mentioned by Adam of Bremen as living on the north bank of the Elbe, to the west of Hamburg. The name means "dwellers in the wood" (Northern Low Saxon: ; german: Holzsassen, links=no). History Origins After the Migration Period of the Early Middle Ages, Holstein was adjacent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Carowsky
Michael Carowsky (1707- 1745) was a Swedish church painter. Biography Carowsky moved from Danzig to Gothenburg, Sweden where he became master at the City of Gothenburg Art and Painters' Office (''Göteborgs Målareämbete'') in 1742. In 1744, he was married to the artist Maria Carowsky (1723-1793). The couple had one daughter, Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (1745-1797), who became a notable portrait painter in Gothenburg. His master works consisted of paintings at the Gothenburg City Hall (''Stora rådhussalen''). Among other works are the figural paintings at Borgvik Church (''Borgviks kyrka'') from 1745 and, together with his father-in-law Johan Ross the Elder (1695–1773), he completed church ceiling paintings at Örgryte Old Church (''Örgryte gamla kyrka'') from 1741. References Other sources *''Svenskt konstnärslexikon The ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' is a dictionary of Swedish art and artists that was published in five volumes by Allhems Förlag AB from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothenburg Cathedral
Gothenburg Cathedral ( sv, Gustavi domkyrka / Göteborgs domkyrka)''Hus för hus i Göteborgs stadskärna'', ed. Gudrun Lönnroth, Göteborgs Stadsmuseum, Göteborg, 2003. p. 212 >Eric Cederbourg, Ernst Kallmeyer, ''En kort Beskrifning öfwer den wid Wästra Hafwet belägna, wäl bekanta och mycket berömliga Siö- Handel- och Stapul Staden Götheborg'' ("A brief description of ... Gothenburg"), Gothenburg, 1739 (facsimile ed., Spamersche Buchdruckerie, Leipzig 1920) pp. 40–41, 152. is a cathedral in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. It is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Gothenburg in the Church of Sweden. Original church Before the first cathedral was inaugurated in 1633, a temporary church known as the Gothenburg stave church ( sv, Brädekyrkan) stood on the site for approximately 12 years. This was one of the city's first buildings and the first church in the current city of Gothenburg, which is the third city founded at the mouth of the Göta Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerum
Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg. The river of Säveån runs through Lerum municipality. of it is surrounded by the nature reserve Säveåns Naturreservat, where bridges dating back as far as the 18th century as well as a variety of animal life and beautiful nature can be found. Lerum train crash Lerum hit the world's news bulletins on November 16, 1987, when two Intercity trains collided just outside the local station, killing 9 and injuring 140. A control cable to the trailroad switches had been incorrectly reconnected after being dug up accidentally. When traffic was finally allowed to pass the station, the Gothenburg bound train was switched over to the opposite track where an outbound train was arriving, after a mistake in communication between the repairer and the traffic leader. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Elisabeth Carowsky
Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (March 5, 1745 – 1797) was a Swedish painter. Biography Carowsky was born in Gothenburg into a family of artists. Her mother was Maria Carowsky and Michael Carowsky, and her grandfather was 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 .... Carowsky became a well known portrait painter in Gothenburg. She married in 1787 to Engelbert Jörlin, the principal at Gothenburg elementary school. References Other Sources * Collections at Gothenburg history II Christine Church books for marriages, births and deaths, Wilhelm Berg, Stockholm 1890–1893, p 694 * Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) 1745 births 1797 deaths People from Gothenburg 18th-century Swedish painters Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Capsia
Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was a Swedish/Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait painter. Biography and career Capsia was born in Sweden, the child of Gottfried Capsia and Anna Schultz. She married the priest Jacob Gavelin in Stockholm in 1719. After the Great Northern War in 1721 they moved to Vasa (Fi. Vaasa), where Margareta became known as an altarpiece painter in Österbotten. In 1730, they moved to Åbo (Fi. Turku), where she became a famous artist throughout Finland, and where she eventually died. Her altarpieces were described as individual illustrations of the bible, and she was regarded as one of the best painters in the genre together with Mikael Toppelius. She painted the altarpieces of a long line of churches, such as in the churches of Paltamo in 1727 and Säkylä Säkylä is a municipality of Finlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1723 Births
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1793 Deaths
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People From Gothenburg
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