Johan Stålbom (1712 – 17 November 1777) was a Swedish painter. Stålbom was born at the former town of

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(now

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), Finland. He studied from 1733 with the painters

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and

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in Stockholm. From the 1740s he worked and lived mainly in

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, later in his estate Orräng in

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. Stålbom primarily painted portraits. The

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Diocese library shows a few portraits he has painted. There are only a few of his works that have survived. In the best of his works is displayed skillful drawing, and strong, but not sophisticated colors. His colorings are characterized by a strong reddish color and a greenish or grayish shading. Johan Stålbom married about 1757 with Susanna Beata Hammardahl. Stålbom died at Grebo in Östergötland, Sweden.

References

Other sources

* Roosval, Johnny, Lilja, Gösta & Andersson, Knut (red). ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon(1952-1967)''. Malmö. * Boo von Malmborg, ''Svensk porträttkonst under fem århundraden'', Allhems Förlag 1978.

External links

Johan Stålbom, self portrait.
1712 births 1777 deaths People from Raseborg Finnish male painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Finnish painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists {{Finland-painter-stub