Egron Lundgren

Egron Lundgren
Born 18 December 1815
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 16 December 1875
Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Education Academy of Stockholm; Cogniet, Paris
Known for Painter
Movement Orientalist

Egron Sellif Lundgren (18 December 1815, in Stockholm – 16 December 1875 in Stockholm) was a Swedish watercolor painter.

Life and career

He studied at the Academy of Stockholm, and afterwards in Paris under Cogniet. He sojourned in Italy, 1841–49, devoting himself to watercolors. From there he went to Spain and then to England, where he was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint ceremonial pictures. He was sent to India during the war in 1858, the results of which expedition were a series of five hundred sketches, including numerous portraits. He was elected an associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society, London in February 1864.[1] He later became a full member in 1867.

Works

Among his works are San Vitale, Ravenna, and the Library, Siena, both in the National Museum, Stockholm; Feast of Corpus Domini in Rome (1841), Royal Palace, Stockholm; and a series of illustrations to Old Swedish Tales (1875).

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Minor topics of the month', The Art Journal, March 1864, p. 90.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Lundgren, Egron Sellif". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.