Olof_Arenius

Olof Arenius

Olof Arenius

Swedish portrait painter (1701–1766)

Olof Arenius (16 December 1701 – 5 May 1766) was a Swedish portrait painter.[1]

Self-portrait, now in the Nationalmuseum

Biography

Arenius was born in the parish of Bro in Uppland, Sweden. His father was a vicar in Upplands-Bro. After a period of theology studies at Uppsala University, he studied art under David von Krafft (1655–1724). In 1729, he went to the United Kingdom where he was exposed to the art of portrait painters Godfried Kneller (1646–1723) and Mikael Dahl (1659–1743). [2] [3] [4]

Returning to Sweden in 1736, he was named court painter by King Frederick I of Sweden. He died at Stockholm in 1766. His portraits and miniatures in oil are much esteemed, and are to be found in all the public galleries, as well as in the best private collections, in Sweden. Many of them have been engraved.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    E. Hultmark. "Olof Arenius". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Boo von Malmborg. "David Krafft, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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    "Godfried Kneller". Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Mikael Dahl". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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    "Olof Arenius". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

Attribution:

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Arenius, Olov". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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