Carl Johan Billmark (1804–1870) was a Swedish landscape painter.
Life
Billmark was born at
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
in 1804. He visited
Dalecarlia
Dalarna () is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales.
Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norway i ...
,
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, and Paris, where he studied under
Deroy. From 1828 to 1830 he published 100
lithographic
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...
landscape studies, and in 1833, whilst in Paris, he produced 29 works, representing the scenery of his native country; and later on 24 plates of views on the
Rhine
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, and also 100 plates in a work entitled, ''Journey from Stockholm to
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
''. He was a member of the
Academy of Stockholm, and received the decoration of the
Wasa order. He died in Paris in 1870.
References
Sources
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1804 births
1870 deaths
Painters from Stockholm
19th-century Swedish painters
Swedish male painters
Landscape artists
Recipients of the Order of Vasa
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
19th-century Swedish male artists
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