Carl Frederik von Breda
Painting, Visual Artist
1759 – 1818
Who was Carl Frederik von Breda?
Carl Frederik von Breda was a Swedish painter who studied in and spent much of his career in Britain before becoming painter to the Swedish court. He was born in Stockholm in 1759, and moved to Britain where he was a student of Joshua Reynolds. Breda specialized in painting portraits and was called "the van Dyck of Sweden". He returned to Sweden 1796 where he became Professor at the Academy of Arts, a popular portraitist, and a court painter. Breda married at age 22 and his son, Johan Fredrik, was also a painter, who studied under his father. Breda died in Stockholm in 1818.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1759
Stockholm - Also known as
- Carl Fredric von Breda
- Lived in
- Stockholm
- Died
- Dec 1, 1818
Stockholm
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on July 23, 2013
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