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painter, illustrator, and art teacher.
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Biography
His father, Carl Johan Althin (1832-1869), was a
pastor
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. He went to Stockholm for his primary education. During that time, he received some art lessons from the court
curator
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Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
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, although he spent the years 1889 to 1891 abroad, to study decorative painting in Paris with
Pierre-Victor Galland
Pierre-Victor Galland (Geneva, 15 July 1822 – Paris, 30 November 1892) was a French decorative painter.Brief biography @ the ''Lexikonett amanda'' After graduating, he became a teacher of freehand drawing.
He is perhaps best known as the founder of ''Althin's School of Painting'' (), a private preparatory school that opened in 1896. He continued to teach freehand and figure drawing at other schools; notably at the "Technical School for Female Students", a division of the University of Arts, Crafts and Design.
In addition to his paintings and drawings, he created decorative works for
Sofia Church
Sofia Church (), named after the Swedish queen Sophia of Nassau, is one of the major churches in Stockholm, Sweden. It was designed during an architectural contest in 1899 and was inaugurated in 1906. It is located in the eastern part of the isl ...
in Stockholm,
Uppsala Cathedral
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and at
Sollefteå church
Sollefteå () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden.
History
The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name ...
, as well as at smaller churches in
Örebro
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,
Härnösand
Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...
and
Sundsvall
Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Old town i ...
. He also produced magazine illustrations and posters, including several for Salvator Beer, produced at the (Great Brewery).
In 1894, he married Elisabet Maria Carlheim-Gyllensköld (1870-1911); daughter of the naval commander, . He remarried in 1912, to Matilda Forsström (1883-1924), the daughter of a court clerk. Both marriages were childless.
Selected works
File:Caleb Althin-Stora bryggeriets öl är bäst.jpg, Poster for the Stora Bryggeriet
File:Althin-Wounded.jpg, The Wounded Man (History of
Ljungby
Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality o ...
)
File:Caleb Althin-Sittande man.jpg, Sitting Man
File:Althin-Horn.jpg, The Man Who Stole the Golden Horn (History of Ljungby)
File:Caleb Althin-Konstnärens modell.jpg, The Artist's Model
Europeana
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