Christoffer Wallroth
Christoffer Johan Wallroth , also Christopher or Kristoffer Wallroth (born April 15, 1841 in Filipstad , Värmland , Sweden , † 1916 ), was a Swedish landscape painter .
Life
Wallroth, the fifth of six children of the dealer Carl Johan Wallroth (1791–1869) and his wife Johanna Catharina Berggren (1804–1863), studied from 1865 to 1868 at the Stockholm Art Academy . In the years 1868/1869 he visited Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe , then Munich and Paris . In 1870 he settled near Filipstad. His landscape pictures, which reflect the late romantic art concept of the Düsseldorf School of Painting , deal with motifs from Värmland.
reception
Wallroth's niece was the writer Selma Lagerlöf . She set a literary memorial to her beloved uncle in the stories Mårbacka (1920) and Ett barns memoarer (1930). The figure of "Patron Julius" in the novel Gösta Berling (1891) is also partially copied from him.
literature
- Wallroth, Christoffer Johan . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 105 .
- Wallroth, Christopher Johan . In: General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples . KG Saur, Munich 2014.
Web links
- Christopher Johan Wallroth , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Kristoffer Wallroth , genealogical data sheet in the portal gw.geneanet.org
- Christoffer Johan Wallroth , short biography in the portal lexikonettamanda.se
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. 442
- ↑ Britta Staake: I Filipstad visas vad morbror Christoffer kunde ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Article from June 12, 2008 in the vf.se portal (Värmlands Folksblad), accessed on October 31, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wallroth, Christoffer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallroth, Christoffer Johan (full name); Wallroth, Christopher; Wallroth, Kristoffer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Filipstad , Varmland , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |