Lorens or Lorenz Pasch the Younger (1733–1805) was a Swedish painter.

Life

He grew up in an artistic family (he was the brother of

Ulrika Pasch Ulrika "Ulla" Fredrica Pasch (10 July 1735 in Stockholm – 2 April 1796 in Stockholm), was a Swedish rococo painter and miniaturist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Biography Education and early career Ulrika Pasch was ...

, alongside whom he was elected to the Art Academy in 1773), but his father

Lorens Pasch the Elder Lorens Pasch the Elder, sometimes spelled Lorentz or Lorenz (March 1702, Stockholm - 27 April 1766, Stockholm) was a Swedish portrait painter. Biography His father was the decorative painter and village Elder, Danckwardt Pasch (1660-1727), who ...

wanted him to become a priest. He was thus sent to study in

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aged 10. However, he decided on an artistic career after all and began an apprenticeship in his father's studio before going to

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, with introductions from his wealthy and influential uncle

Johan Pasch Johan Pasch (12 March 1706, Stockholm - 16 January 1769, Stockholm) was a Swedish painter, etcher and Decorative painter, decorative artist. He is sometimes referred to as The Elder to distinguish him from another, minor, painter named Johan Pasch ...

. There he studied painting for three years in the studio of

Carl Gustaf Pilo Carl Gustaf Pilo (5 March 1711 – 2 March 1793) was a Swedish artist and painter. Pilo worked extensively in Denmark as a painter to the Danish Royal Court and as professor and director at the Royal Danish Academy of Art ( da, Det Kongel ...

. Despite good offers of studio-apprenticeships and commissions from Sweden, he then set off for

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in 1758 to complete his artistic education. There he specialised in history painting in the studios of

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and

François Boucher François Boucher ( , ; ; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories ...

(though for financial reasons he also continued his training in portraiture) and became friends with fellow-Swede

Alexander Roslin Alexander Roslin (spelled Alexandre in French, ; 15 July 17185 July 1793) was a Swedish portrait painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St. Petersburg, primarily for members of aristocratic families. He combined insight ...

. In 1764 he left Paris and got back to Sweden in 1766. He fully completed his training in the studio of the French painter Guillaume Taraval, who in 1735 founded the

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. Soon after his arrival back in Sweden Pasch's gained a great reputation as a portraitist, gaining favour and commissions from the royal court and gaining the esteem of

Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden Adolf Frederick, or Adolph Frederick ( sv, Adolf Fredrik, german: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 171012 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina ...

and his queen Louisa Ulrika - one of his most notable works is his '' Portrait of Louisa Ulrika of Prussia''. He served as a professor at the Academy of Arts from 1773 to his death, becoming its director on Pilo's death in 1793. At the end of his life he concentrated more on training young artists and managing the Academy than on painting. He died unmarried in 1805 and due to his powerful portraits remains one of the most respected painters of the Gustavian era in Sweden.

Gallery

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Gustav III of Sweden Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...

, 1777'' Image:Uno von Troil.jpg, ''Bishop

Uno von Troil Uno von Troil (24 February 1746 in Stockholm – 1803) was the Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala 1786–1803. Biography He was the son of Samuel Troilius, who had also been archbishop. He was known for great wit at a young age. After stu ...

'' Image:Magdalena von Troil.jpg, ''Magdalena von Troil'' Image:Nils Rosen von Rosenstein.jpg, ''

Nils Rosén von Rosenstein Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (11 February 1706 – 16 July 1773) was a Swedish physician. He is considered the founder of modern pediatrics, while his work ''The diseases of children, and their remedies'' is considered to be "the first modern textb ...

Image:Dansande barn, målning av Lorens Pasch dy.jpg, ''Dancing children''

Sources

* Strömbom, Sixten: ''Lorens Pasch d.y.'' Norstedt och söners förlag, 1915. *
Entry
in the ''

Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' () is a compact Swedish dictionary of biography first published in 1873–1876 by the physician and antiquarian Herman Hofberg (1823–1883). The second, updated edition was published in 1906, under the editor ...

'' (1906)

External link

* Swedish portrait painters 1733 births 1805 deaths 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists Swedish male painters Lorens {{Sweden-painter-stub