Johan Stålbom (1712 – 17 November 1777) was a Swedish painter. Stålbom was born in the former town of

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(now

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), Finland. He studied from 1733 with the painters Johan Pasch and Lorens Pasch the Elder in

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. From the 1740s, he worked and lived mainly in

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, later in his estate Orräng in

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. Stålbom primarily painted portraits. The

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Diocese library shows a few portraits he has painted. There are only a few of his works that have survived. In the best of his works is displayed skillful drawing, and strong, but not sophisticated colors. His colorings are characterized by a strong reddish color and a greenish or grayish shading. Johan Stålbom married around 1757 with Susanna Beata Hammardahl. Stålbom died at Grebo in

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References

Other sources

* Roosval, Johnny, Lilja, Gösta & Andersson, Knut (red). ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon(1952-1967)''. Malmö. * Boo von Malmborg, ''Svensk porträttkonst under fem århundraden'', Allhems Förlag 1978.

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Johan Stålbom, self portrait.
1712 births 1777 deaths People from Raseborg Finnish male painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Finnish painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists {{Finland-painter-stub