Joseph Magnus Stäck (4 April 181221 February 1868) was a Swedish landscape painter and art professor.

Biography

Stäck was born at

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, Sweden. His father, Joseph Stäck was a

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and wig maker. His grandfather, Balthasar Stecchi (b. 1728) was of

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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:

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(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 Körner and enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. While studying with

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(1774-1861) he decided to specialize in landscape painting. He held several successful exhibits at the salon of the Swedish Association for Art (''Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening''). In 1840, nine paintings had been sold before the exhibition opened to the public. He sold another thirteen paintings in 1843. During this time, in 1842, he received a scholarship that enabled him to visit Munich, Venice and Rome, where he stayed for three years. He also studied the works of

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, of which there were a large number in Dresden. He completed his studies in Paris and exhibited at the

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in 1847. During the

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, he remained there until his money ran out, even though his friends urged him to leave. While travelling through Northern Italy, he had become ill with what was apparently a form of

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or malaria. The symptoms would return periodically for the rest of his life and make him unable to work. In 1852, he was named a professor at the Royal Academy and was elected Chairman of the Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening. He retained the latter position until 1858, when the increasing workload interfered with his painting and he resigned. A trip to Düsseldorf, which was then becoming a major art center, proved fruitless due to a recurrence of his illness that made him bedridden. He returned to the Academy in 1860. He died at

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in 1868.

Gallery

Sandgatan i Lund av Joseph Magnus Stäck (ur Lunds universitets konstsamling) mer kontrast.jpg, '' Sandgatan i Lund'' (1832-1833) Joseph Magnus Stäck - Kvinna med barn utanför en torpstuga.jpg, ''Kvinna med barn utanför en torpstuga'' (1838) Joseph Magnus Stäck - Fiskarstuga i skärgården.jpg, ''Fiskarstuga i skärgården'' (1840) Joseph Magnus Stäck - Granskog med ett tillfruset träsk.jpg, ''Nordiskt Vinterstycke'' (1851) Joseph Magnus Stäck - Skogslandskap med vedplockerska.jpg, ''Skogslandskap med vedplockerska'' (1857) Joseph Magnus Stäck - Neapelbukten i månsken.jpg, ''Neapelbukten i månsken'' (1861) Joseph Magnus Stäck - Landskap från Dalarna.jpg, ''Landskap från Dalarna)'' (1863)

References

Other Sources

*Georg Nordensvan: ''Svensk konst och svenska konstnärer i nittonde århundradet'', Stockholm : Bonnier, 1928 *Gertrud Serner: ''Joseph Magnus Stäck - 1812-1868'', Malmö : Skånes konstförenings publikation, 1934

External links

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