Luke of Breda
Lukas von Breda , the Elder (also Lucas van Breda , Lucas de Breda ; born April 18, 1676 in Stockholm , † April 9, 1752 ibid), was a Swedish portrait , history and landscape painter .
Life
Lukas von Breda the Elder, also known as Lucas van Breda or Lucas de Breda, was born on April 18, 1676 in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were the portrait painter Pieter von Breda from Brabant, who immigrated to Sweden, and Alida Hidding. He received his training as a portrait and history painter in the Martinus Mijtens art group .
In 1697 he made his first trip abroad. In 1704 he traveled to France via Germany and the Netherlands , where he studied the style of the portrait painter Nicolas de Largilière and achieved a high degree of virtuosity. In 1712 he returned to Sweden. His portraits were sought after, and he painted several high-ranking personalities. His pictures are characterized by strong and precise drawing with the dominant colors of lacquer red or violet. This clearly set him apart from his Swedish colleagues.
He married Elisabeth Buchholtz in 1718. Through his marriage, he became the owner of a silk weaving and dyeing factory, which took up a lot of his time. After 1725 there were almost no paintings by him. His son is Lukas von Breda, who is also known as a painter, the younger and his grandson is the famous portrait painter Carl Frederik von Breda .
Works (selection)
Portrait of Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld , photograph of the 18th century painting in the library of Uppsala University
Portrait from 1718 by Carl Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö (1694–1719)
literature
- 1. Breda, Luke von . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 134 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- 1.) Breda, Lukas von . In: Nils Linder (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 2 : Barometer capitularis . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1878, Sp. 1082 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Breda, Lukas von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Breda, Lucas van; Breda, Lucas de; Breda the Elder, Luke von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1676 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1752 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |