Alexander Roslin
1718--93
Swedish painter and pastellist, active in Germany and France. He trained with Lars Ehrenbill (1697-1747), a draughtsman employed by the Admiralty in Malmö, and in Stockholm under Georg Engelhardt Schräder (1684-1750), a portrait painter working in the tradition of Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillierre. In 1741 Roslin moved to Göteborg, but the following year he returned to Malmö, where he executed devotional works for the parish church of Hasslöv, Halland, and began establishing himself as a portrait painter. Related Paintings of Alexander Roslin :. | Portrait of Ivan Ivanovich Betskoi (1704-1795) | greve fredrik sparre | Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Fiodorovna | ivan betskij | Self-portrait | Related Artists: constantin verhoutJules LefebvreTournan-en-Brie, 1834-Paris 1912.
French Academic Painter. Maurin, CharlesFrench, 1856-1914
was a French painter who practised a variety of styles. A notable symbolist work of his being Maternity, a study of motherhood. He was a friend of the painter Felix Vallotton.
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