Fredric Westin (22 September 1782, in

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– 13 May 1862, in Stockholm) was a Swedish history and portrait painter.

Biography

He studied with

Lorens Pasch the Younger 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, alongside whom he was elected to the Art Academy in 1773), but his father Lorens Pasch the Elder w ...

and

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at the

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.Brief biography
from the ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' @ Projekt Runeberg. In 1808, he became an "Agré" (a type of junior associate) at the Academy. Four years later, he was appointed a Director at the

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and joined the board of directors at the Academy. In 1815, he became a Vice-Professor and, the following year, a full Professor. He served as Director there from 1828 to 1840 and, in 1843, was appointed a "Hovintendent" (a largely honorary position) at the

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. After 1812, many of his works were done for the Royal Families, including door panels for the bedchamber of Crown Prince (later King)

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, a mural of the Four Seasons at Sävstaholm Castle, and Hebe with her father

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in the form of an eagle at

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.Brief biography
from the ''Nordisk familjebok'' @ Projekt Runeberg. He was very popular as a portrait painter during the reign of Charles XIV, but was not universally appreciated. The well known author and art critic

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felt that he had no talent. Many years later,

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said that his portraits looked like wax figures., ''Svensk konst och svenska konstnärer i 19de århundradet'', vol.1, from Gustav III through Karl XV, revised edition,

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, Despite the criticism, he was commissioned to do many portraits of the Bernadottes. In 1824, he created a popular allegorical painting of Crown Princess Josephine returning to Sweden, borne in the clouds by

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s. His 1838 equestrian painting of the King is also very well known. In 1828, after

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failed to produce an altarpiece commissioned for Saint James's Church, the project was given to Westin, who completed it with a

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. Over the next decade, he produced several other altarpieces on themes from the

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at Kungsholms Church,

Turku Cathedral Turku Cathedral ( fi, Turun tuomiokirkko, sv, Åbo domkyrka) is the only medieval basilica in Finland and the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku and the seat ...

, Uddevalla Church and Carl Gustafs Church.

Selected portraits

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References

External links

More paintings by Westin
@ Bukowskis. {{DEFAULTSORT:Westin, Fredric 1782 births 1862 deaths 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 19th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters Swedish portrait painters Artists from Stockholm Religious artists 19th-century Swedish male artists

Biography

Selected portraits

References

Further reading

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