Axel Otto Mörner
Axel Otto Graf Mörner (born July 11, 1774 in Oby, Sweden, † October 20, 1852 in Eksjö , Sweden) was a Swedish painter, general and minister of war.
Life
Count Mörner came from the Swedish branch of the German noble family Mörner . In 1797 he was awarded the Première Medal for Painting by the Stockholm Academy. In 1799 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Heinrich Friedrich Füger and Johann Baptist von Lampi . In 1801 he was accepted as a member of the Painting and Sculpture Academy in Stockholm, which made him an honorary member in 1831. Besides painting, he tried to be self-taught in the mezzotint .
Mörner's military career began in 1810 when he was appointed adjutant to King Charles XIII. of Sweden. In 1818 he became major general of the cavalry. He rose to lieutenant general (1837) and was Swedish Minister of War from 1840 to 1843 towards the end of the reign of King Karl XIV. Johann ( Bernadotte ).
Pictures from Mörner's hand are in the Stockholm State Collections and at Gripsholm Castle .
His nephew Hjalmar Graf Mörner (1794–1837) became an officer and painter like him; he also made himself known as a draftsman and etcher.
Awards
- 1809: Knight of the Order of the Sword
- February 11, 1814: Order Pour le Mérite
- 1815: Commander of the Order of the Sword
- September 18, 1838: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
- June 12, 1838: Alexander Nevsky Order
literature
- BA Mattisson: Mörner, Axel Otto in: Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of the Visual Artists. Volume 25, Leipzig 1931, p. 13
Web links
- Axel Otto Mörner on adelsvapen.com (= Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , Stockholm 1925–1936; Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mörner, Axel Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mörner, Axel Otto Graf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish painter, general and minister of defense |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oby, Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1852 |
| Place of death | Eksjö , Sweden |