Alexander Magnus Malmqvist

Altarpiece in the Strövelstorps kyrka from 1828

Alexander Magnus Malmqvist (born March 29, 1796 in Ask, Skåne län ; † October 2, 1854 in Malmö ) was a Swedish history , portrait and miniature painter .

Life

Malmqvist was the son of the cantor Jens (or Jöns) Malmqvist from Ask. He first attended school in Landskrona and Lund and then studied at the art academy in Stockholm. In 1818 he exhibited Diana and Endymion and in 1819 Brage and Idun , for which he won a second prize from the “Götiska förbundet utlysta konsttäflingen”. Malmqvist was active in Lund around 1820 . In 1821 one of his works was again awarded. In 1822 he went to England , Italy and France , where he learned miniature painting. When he was stricken with a mental illness, he went back to his homeland in the 1830s and was cared for in a hospital in Malmö, but could not be cured and died there. He remained unmarried. A miniature self-portrait that he made during his illness came to the National Museum there.

Works (selection)

Few of his paintings have survived.

Pyramus and Tisbe
around 1820: portrait by Esaias Tegnér
1828: Altarpiece in Strövelstorps kyrka
unknown date: self-portrait (miniature)

literature

Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 598 .
C. Eichhorn: Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: John Rosén, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 10 : Lloyd military colonies . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1886, Sp. 722-723 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
C. Eichhorn: Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 17 : Lux-Mekanik . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 653 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ Carl Magnus Carlander: Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Miniatyrmålare i Sverige . Stockholm 1897, p. 63-64 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
↑ Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Arvid Ahnfelt (Hrsg.): Europe's constituent: alfabetiskt ordade biografier öfver vårt århundrades förnämsta artister . Oskar L. Lamms Förlag, Stockholm 1887, p. 348 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
↑ Carl Johan Sjoestroem: Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Skånska nationen före afdelningarnes tid, 1682–1832 . Malmström boktr., Lind 1897, p. 578 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Self-portrait. National Museum, accessed December 6, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish history, portrait and miniature painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 29, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ask, Skåne County
DATE OF DEATH	October 2, 1854
Place of death	Malmo

[1] Carl Magnus Carlander: Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Miniatyrmålare i Sverige . Stockholm 1897, p. 63-64 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

[2] Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Arvid Ahnfelt (Hrsg.): Europe's constituent: alfabetiskt ordade biografier öfver vårt århundrades förnämsta artister . Oskar L. Lamms Förlag, Stockholm 1887, p. 348 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

[3] Carl Johan Sjoestroem: Malmqvist, Alexander Magnus . In: Skånska nationen före afdelningarnes tid, 1682–1832 . Malmström boktr., Lind 1897, p. 578 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Self-portrait. National Museum, accessed December 6, 2019 .