Carl Axel Ambjorn Sparre
Carl Axel Ambjörn Freiherr von Sparre (born September 16, 1839 in Vinäs, today Västra Eds socken, Småland , Sweden ; † October 23, 1910 in Leonhardsberg, today Norrköpings Östra Eneby församling, Östergötland , Sweden) was a Swedish portrait , genre and history painter .
Life
Sparre, scion of the Swedish aristocratic family Sparre, was one of fifteen children of David Bleckert Casimir Sparre (1795–1866) and his wife Carolina, née Lewenhaupt (1815–1893). He embarked on a military career in the Swedish army, where he held the rank of captain . In 1867 he went to Düsseldorf , at that time the center of the Düsseldorf painting school , as such also the center of a Scandinavian painters' colony, and became a private student of the Swedish genre painter Ferdinand Fagerlin . He then went to Paris for further training . In 1870 he married the industrialist daughter Emma Josepha Munktell (1851-1913), a painter and sister of the composer Helena Munktell (1852-1919). Her daughter Martha (1871–1940), born in Vienna , also became a painter. The marriage was divorced in 1891. From 1876 to 1878 Sparre stayed in Düsseldorf again to take painting lessons from Wilhelm Sohn , among others .
literature
- 20. Emma Josefa S [parre], friherrinna, född Munktell . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 581 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Sparre, Carl Axel Ambjörn. In: Svenska konstnärer. Biografisk handbok. Vänersborgs Boktryckeri AB, Vänersborg 1980, ISBN 91-85040-31-2 , p. 425 ( runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre , website in the portal lexikonettamanda.se
- Carl Axel Ambjörn Davidsson Sparre on sok.riksarkivet.se
- Axel C. Ambjörn Sparre , Auction Results on the artnet .com portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 440.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sparre, Carl Axel Ambjörn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sparre, Carl Axel Ambjörn Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish portrait, genre and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vinäs, today Västra Eds socken, Småland , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1910 |
| Place of death | Leonhardsberg, today Norrköpings Östra Eneby församling , Östergötland , Sweden |