He was born in the Stora Tuna Parish of Dalarna, Sweden. He was the son of Johan Fahlcrantz and Gustafva De Brenner. His father was a vicar in Kungsåra parish. His brothers were the sculptor, Axel Magnus Fahlcrantz (1780–1854), and the theologian, Christian Eric Fahlcrantz (1780–1866). His great-grandfather Elias Brenner (1647–1717) was an artist and draftsman. His great-grandmother Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730) was a writer and poet. [2][3][4]
In 1791, he went to Stockholm and secured an apprenticeship as a decorative painter with Johan Gottlob Brusell [sv] at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. After one year, he became a student of Emanuel Limnell and lived with his family until around 1800. He also received guidance from Elias Martin and studied landscape painting with Louis Belanger, who had immigrated from France in 1798. Soon, he began to receive numerous orders for landscapes and vedute, often composed with atmospheric lighting.[5] He was especially influenced by Martin, who had made study trips to England. Despite his initial success, he had to make ends meet by taking students and selling some paintings at a discount.
In 1802, he was named a member candidate (agré) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and became a member the following year. In 1805, he and Gustaf Erik Hasselgren received stipends from the Academy for a period of four years. He intended to visit Italy but postponed the trip until 1807, when he asked for permission to spend his money within Sweden. This was agreed to on condition that he submit two landscapes to the Academy each year, to show his progress. He continued to receive the stipend as a travel subsidy for foreign trips to Norway (1827) and Denmark (1829). In 1815, he had become a Professor at the Academy. He was also an honorary member of several academies in Europe and the United States. In addition to orders from the Swedish Royal Family, he received several commissions from Tsar Nicholas I.
He remained single until 1849, when he married Anna Sophie Hagström, a shopkeeper's daughter who was thirty years his junior. He died during 1861 and was buried at St. John's Church, Stockholm.
Biography from the Svenskt Biografisk Handlexikon @ Project Runeberg
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carl, johan, fahlcrantz, november, 1774, november, 1861, swedish, painter, 1847, contents, biography, references, further, reading, external, linksbiography, edit, nbsp, view, andrarum, churchhe, born, stora, tuna, parish, dalarna, sweden, johan, fahlcrantz, g. Carl Johan Fahlcrantz 29 November 1774 29 November 1861 was a Swedish painter 1 Carl Johan Fahlcrantz c 1847 Contents 1 Biography 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksBiography edit nbsp View of Andrarum ChurchHe was born in the Stora Tuna Parish of Dalarna Sweden He was the son of Johan Fahlcrantz and Gustafva De Brenner His father was a vicar in Kungsara parish His brothers were the sculptor Axel Magnus Fahlcrantz 1780 1854 and the theologian Christian Eric Fahlcrantz 1780 1866 His great grandfather Elias Brenner 1647 1717 was an artist and draftsman His great grandmother Sophia Elisabet Brenner 1659 1730 was a writer and poet 2 3 4 In 1791 he went to Stockholm and secured an apprenticeship as a decorative painter with Johan Gottlob Brusell sv at the Royal Dramatic Theatre After one year he became a student of Emanuel Limnell and lived with his family until around 1800 He also received guidance from Elias Martin and studied landscape painting with Louis Belanger who had immigrated from France in 1798 Soon he began to receive numerous orders for landscapes and vedute often composed with atmospheric lighting 5 He was especially influenced by Martin who had made study trips to England Despite his initial success he had to make ends meet by taking students and selling some paintings at a discount In 1802 he was named a member candidate agre at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and became a member the following year In 1805 he and Gustaf Erik Hasselgren received stipends from the Academy for a period of four years He intended to visit Italy but postponed the trip until 1807 when he asked for permission to spend his money within Sweden This was agreed to on condition that he submit two landscapes to the Academy each year to show his progress He continued to receive the stipend as a travel subsidy for foreign trips to Norway 1827 and Denmark 1829 In 1815 he had become a Professor at the Academy He was also an honorary member of several academies in Europe and the United States In addition to orders from the Swedish Royal Family he received several commissions from Tsar Nicholas I He remained single until 1849 when he married Anna Sophie Hagstrom a shopkeeper s daughter who was thirty years his junior He died during 1861 and was buried at St John s Church Stockholm His works may be seen at the Nationalmuseum 6 Uppsala University Library 7 Goteborgs konstmuseum 8 and the Nordiska museet 9 nbsp Kalmar Castle by MoonlightReferences edit Erland Ros Carl Johan Fahlcrantz PDF svenskakyrkan se Archived from the original PDF on August 25 2010 Retrieved March 1 2019 Bengt Hildebrandnnar Castren Christian Erik Fahlcrantz Svenskt biografiskt lexikon Retrieved March 1 2019 Erik Vennberg Elias Brenner Svenskt biografiskt lexikon Retrieved March 1 2019 Gunnar Castren Sophia Elisabet Brenner f Weber Svenskt biografiskt lexikon Retrieved March 1 2019 Konstnarslexikonett Amanda Carl Johan Fahlcrantz Nationalmuseum Carl Johan Fahlcrantz Uppsala universitetsbibliotek Archived from the original on 2018 03 13 Retrieved 2019 02 03 Goteborgs konstmuseum Landscape with Town in Background Nordiska museetFurther reading editUlla Frost Till Norrige en voyage pittoresque 1827 1997 U Frost Eskilstuna ISBN 91 630 5360 8 Sven Hammarlund Broderna Fahlcrantz in Glimtar ur konstnarslivet fran Apelles till Mansson 1995 pgs 51 57External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carl Johan Fahlcrantz Biography the Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon Biography from the Svenskt Biografisk Handlexikon Project Runeberg More works by Fahlcrantz ArtNet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carl Johan Fahlcrantz amp oldid 1185272389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
