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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
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Örgryte Old Church
The Örgryte Old Church ( sv, Örgryte gamla kyrka) is a church building in Örgryte in Gothenburg, Sweden. Belonging to the Örgryte Parish of the Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ..., a church at the present site where the Örgryte Old Church is today has been around since the 13th century. References External links Churches in Gothenburg Churches in the Diocese of Gothenburg Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden {{Sweden-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenskt Konstnärslexikon
The ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' is a dictionary of Swedish art and artists that was published in five volumes by Allhems Förlag AB from 1952 to 1967. LIBRIS. Retrieved 4 November 2016. The dictionary includes over 12,000 biographical entries for Swedish artists with detailed bibliographies for each entry. The editors were , Bror Olsson Bror is a Scandinavian masculine given name which simply means 'brother'. The name has been found as early as in runestones in the form Brodhir. The name form Bror is known since the year 15 ...
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Swedish Artists
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1707 Births
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