Olof Hermelin (painter)
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Olof Hermelin (born February 8, 1827 at Gripenberg Castle in the parish of Säby near Tranås , Småland , Sweden ; † December 3, 1913 in Stocksund, today Danderyd , near Stockholm ) was a Swedish landscape painter , scholar and writer .
Life
Hermelin was a son of the Swedish baron and chamberlain August Söderling Hermelin (1794-1865) and his wife Ebba Sofia Ribbing (1790-1883), a grandson of the Swedish cartographer Samuel Gustaf Hermelin and a great-great-grandson of the Swedish imperial historian Olof Hermelin . As a Swedish aristocrat, he first embarked on the military career that was usual for his class, parallel to his academic training. While still at school he attended courses at the Stockholm Art Academy . He was also instructed in landscape painting by the painter Tore Billing (1816-1892). He studied at Uppsala University and the Military School in Stockholm. In 1848 he held the rank of sub-lieutenant in the Västgöta-Dals field regiment , and two years later that of lieutenant . He then quit active military service, moved to the Österby family estate in Råby-Rekarne, Södermanland , and devoted himself to landscape painting. In 1852 he married Malen (Malene) Lucie Liljenstolpe (* 1827). The couple had three sons, including the landscape painter Olof Tryggwe Hermelin (1856–1951), and two daughters.
In 1870 Hermelin went on a study trip to Copenhagen and Düsseldorf , where Sofie Ribbing had studied at the end of the 1850s , his mother's niece, and to Paris . From there he traveled through Belgium and the Netherlands . In 1873 he again visited the art centers in Düsseldorf and Paris, as well as London . In 1871 the Stockholm Art Academy accepted him as Agré . In 1876 he served as the commissioner of the Swedish art department at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia . In 1885 he joined the artistic reform movement Opponenterna .
In addition to painting, which was influenced by the Düsseldorf School and the Barbizon School , he was active as a writer, especially on subjects of art. He also published short stories and articles on archeology in journals and magazines, for example about his own excavation in Birka .
literature
- Olof Hermelin . 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. 489 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Olof Hermelin . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 11 : Harrisburg – Hypereides . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1909, Sp. 524-525 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Olof Hermelin (1827–1913) , genealogical article in the portal wikitree.com
- Olof Hermelin , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .com
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016), kunstpalast.de (PDF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ermine, Olof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish landscape painter, scholar and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Säby parish near Tranås , Småland , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1913 |
| Place of death | Stocksund, today Danderyd , near Stockholm |