Carl Fredrik Kiörboe (1 June 1799,
Christiansfeld
Christiansfeld, with a population of 2,979 (1 January 2024), is a town in Kolding Municipality in Southern Jutland in Region of Southern Denmark. The town was founded in 1773 by the Moravian Church and named after the Danish king Christian VII ...
2 January 1876,
Dijon
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) was a Danish-born Swedish artist who specialized in paintings with animals; primarily dogs and horses. He was apparently self-taught.
Biography
He was born in what was then the
Duchy of Schleswig
The Duchy of Schleswig (; ; ; ; ; ) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark. The territory has been div ...
. He spent time in the Netherlands and Hamburg before settling in
Stockholm
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. It is not known with whom (or if) he took art lessons. However, after studying animal anatomy with an uncle named Norling, who was a
veterinary surgeon
Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on non-human animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/u ...
, he enlisted in the (cavalry regiment) in 1829.
He began by painting small pictures of horses in
pastel
A pastel () is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder (material), binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments used in pastels are ...
, but soon switched to oils and the occasional
lithograph
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. His works were executed while on assignment as well as at his home base. He was eventually promoted to Lieutenant and, in 1837, was officially granted the title of ''
ryttmästare
''Ryttmästare'' (from the German word ''Rittmeister'') was a military rank in the Swedish cavalry in the Swedish Army. The rank corresponded to the rank of captain in other service branches. The rank was abolished in 1972.
History
The military ...
''. After leaving the service, he spent some time in Berlin then, in 1840, went to Paris, where he decided to stay, although he remained a Swedish citizen.
He soon became famous for his animal paintings and was commissioned to do
equestrian portraits of King
Karl XIV Johan, then-Prince
Karl XV and
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
. He also exhibited at the
Salon
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Common meanings
* Beauty salon
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in 1844 and 1846. His most often reproduced painting is ''Översvämningen'' (The Flood), which depicts a dog, clinging to wreckage, while her puppies swim there to safety. Later, he was named a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other fine arts, it is one of seve ...
and
court painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
.
During the
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune (, ) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard (France), Nation ...
, his home in
Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...
was destroyed. He then moved to Dijon to live with his step-daughter.
Kiörboe's works are represented at the
Gothenburg Museum of Art
Gothenburg Museum of Art () is located at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. It claims to be the third-largest art museum in Sweden by the size of its collection.
Collections
The museum holds the world's finest collection of late 19th-cen ...
,
Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum is the List of national galleries, national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm.
The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the Natio ...
and
Skokloster Castle.
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References
External links
Konstnärslexikonett amanda
Brief biography
from the ''Nordisk familjebok'' @ Project Runeberg
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Biography
from the ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' @ Project Runeberg
More works by Kiörboe
@ ArtNet
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1799 births
1876 deaths
19th-century Swedish painters
Dog artists
Equine artists
Swedish painters of animals
Danish emigrants to Sweden
People from Kolding Municipality