Maria Carowsky (née Ross) (1723–1793) was a Swedish artist. Maria Carowsky was born in

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 ...

to the artist Johan Ross the Elder, an emigrant from

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. 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

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from the 1750s to the 1770s. She is known as the artist behind the pulpit in the

Lerum Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg. The river of Säve ...

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.

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* Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) 1723 births 1793 deaths People from Gothenburg 18th-century Swedish painters Swedish women painters 18th-century Swedish women artists {{Sweden-artist-stub

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