Carl Frederik of Breda

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Carl Frederik von Breda, self-portrait in 1793
James Watt , portrayed by Carl Frederik von Breda in 1792. National Portrait Gallery, London

Carl Frederik von Breda , also Carl Fredric von Breda (born August 16, 1759 in Stockholm ; † December 1, 1818 ibid), was a Swedish portrait painter.

Life

Carl's Frederik Breda's great-grandfather, the portrait painter Pieter von Breda, immigrated to Sweden from Brabant in the 1670s and settled in Stockholm. His son Lukas von Breda (Carl's grandfather, 1676–1752) was a successful painter. His son, the dispatcher and art collector Lucas von Breda (1726–1799), married Johanna Cornelia Piper in 1753. Both son Carl studied portrait painting from 1778 at the Stockholm Art Academy under Lorenz Pasch the Younger . In 1780 he won his first prize as an artist at the academy. In 1784 he showed nineteen paintings at the academy and received a gold medal. In the same year he painted Hedwig von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (the wife of King Charles XIII ). He then portrayed the Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and King Gustav III .

From summer 1787 to autumn 1796 Carl Frederik von Breda worked as a portrait painter in London's St. James's Street . The stay was only interrupted by a stay in Paris in the early summer of 1792. In the early years of London he adopted Joshua Reynolds ' portrayal techniques. In England von Breda painted the three abolitionists Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846), James Ramsay (1733–1789) and Carl Bernhard Wadström (1746–1799).

In 1791 von Breda became a member of the Stockholm Academy after showing a portrait of Joshua Reynolds as proof of his ability. He stayed in England and in 1792 with the Lunar Society in Birmingham . There he painted the Scottish inventor James Watt and the industrialist Matthew Boulton . Other personalities who were close to the Lunar Society and who were portrayed by the Swedish artist in England are the botanist William Withering and Mary Priestley, the wife of the theologian and natural scientist Joseph Priestley .

In 1796 von Breda accepted a call from the Stockholm Academy and from then on taught in his hometown as a professor. The years 1797 and 1798 were particularly prosperous for the painter from Breda. Among other things, he portrayed his father Lucas Breda and the royal tutor and representatives of the Enlightenment sgedankens Nils von Rosenstein . The portrait of the Italian singer Teresa Vandoni at the Stockholm Royal Opera from 1797 is considered one of Breda's major works. In 1812 he was by King Karl XIII. ennobled by Sweden .

Works by Bredas hang in the National Portrait Gallery in London , in the National Gallery of Art in Washington , in the Ateneum in Helsinki , in Stockholm in the Swedish National Museum , in the Nordic Museum and in the Art Academy as well as in the Gothenburg Art Museum and the Uppsala University Library ,

Carl Frederik von Breda had a sister - Maria Charlotta (1762-1818). In 1781 he married Inga Christina Enquist (1758–1838). The couple had four children - Adolph (* 1785 in Stockholm; † 1832), Johan Fredrik (* 1788 in London; † 1835 in Stockholm), Jenny Elisabet Charlotta (* 1795 in London) and Christina Maria Jakobina (* 1799 in Stockholm) . Von Breda inherited the house and the art collection of the father. His hospitable home has become one of Stockholm's cultural meeting places. The son Johan Fredrik continued his work after his father's death.

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SURNAME Breda, Carl Frederik von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breda, Carl Fredric von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1818
Place of death Stockholm