Carl Svante Hallbeck

Carl Svante Hallbeck.

Carl Svante Hallbeck (born April 14, 1826 in Gothenburg , † December 17, 1897 in Everett , USA) was a Swedish illustrator and painter .

Hallbeck worked as a commercial journeyman until 1846 and then began studying at the Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen . After successfully completing his studies, he moved back to Sweden in 1851. In the following time he created many drawings that served as templates for woodcuts , which were then reproduced in Swedish, Danish and German newspapers or books. Ny Illustrerad Tidning , of which he was co-founder in 1865, was one of his clients . He was also present in the Svenska Familj-Journalen and in the Svea yearbook . In 1887 he moved to the USA , where he increasingly devoted himself to watercolors . At the same time he continued to make contributions to the Swedish press under the signature Svante .

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  Riddarhuset and Gustav Wasa statue , watercolor-colored drawing by Hallbeck.

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  The former waterfall Harsprånget on Lule älv , (1856).

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  Botanical Garden, Uppsala , Svenska Familj-Journalen (1874, wood engraving by Wilhelm Meyer after a drawing by Hallbeck).

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hallbeck, Carl Svante, målare ( Swedish ) In: Svensk Uppslagsbok . Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 31, 2011. 
2. ^ Kruse, John: Svenskt Portraittgalleri XX . Hasse W. Tullbergs Förlag, 1901, p. 63 ( online ).
3. ↑ CARL HALL Svante BECK ( Swedish ) In: Konstnärslexikonett Amanda . Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 25, 2011.