Carl Gustaf Pilo

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Self portrait
Coronation of Gustav III.

Carl Gustaf Pilo (born March 5, 1711 in Gaarden Göksäter in the municipality of Runtuna in Södermanland near Nyköping , † March 2, 1793 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish-Danish portrait painter.

Life

Pilo was the son of the painter Olof Pilo (also Pijhlou , 1668–25 July 1753), who originally came from Poland, and his wife Beata (née Sahlstedt). After first attending school in Nyköping, he was sent to Stockholm at the age of twelve. Here he was taught by the painter Kristofer Christman. He went on a trip to Vienna and on his return became a student at the newly established painting and sculpture academy in Stockholm. In his work he was influenced by the painter Olof Arenius . Between 1734 and 1736 he traveled to Germany and Austria. Since he could not afford to live in Stockholm financially, he moved on to Skåne around 1737 , where he received orders for portraits from the noble houses. His portraits of landowners were created there until 1740. From there he moved to Copenhagen and became a professor at the Old Art Academy in 1748 and at the new Royal Danish Art Academy in 1754 , of which he became director in 1771. Pilo fell out of favor in 1772 in the dispute over Johann Friedrich Struensee at the Danish court and had to leave Denmark. At the beginning of the reign of Gustaf III. he returned to his homeland and first went to Nyköping. In 1773 he became an honorary member of the Stockholm Art Academy and in 1778 its director.

The
Pilo family had a younger brother Jöns Pilo (1707–1793) and was married twice with no children

  • with Eva Maria (nee Malmgren) from whom he was divorced in 1747 because she lived in bigamy
  • since 1749 with Charlotta Amalia Dorotea (née De Maré)

Works (selection)

  • Cain och Abel (Cain and Abel)
  • En skomakarefamilj (a shoemaker family)
  • La Charité romaine

His colossal main work Gustaf III's kröningstafla about the coronation of King Gustaf III. remained unfinished.

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Gustav Pilo  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FJ Meier: Pilo, Carl Gustaf . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 114 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  2. ↑ a b 2. Pilo, Carl Gustaf . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 286 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Pilo, Carl Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish-Danish portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaarden Göksäter
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1793
Place of death Stockholm