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The Royal Portraitist:
Roslin le Suédois
Alexander Roslin
Nationalmuseum Sweden
through January 13, 2008
Title: Gustav III och hans bröder / Gustav III, King of Sweden, and his brothers,
Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish 1718-1793)
Photo: Åsa Lundén/Nationalmuseum
Permanent Collection: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Image Courtesy: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
"Satin skin? Go to Roslin". Sweden's most successful international artists was Malmö native Alexander Roslin. Celebrated at Royal Courts across Europe
for his exacting detail when he captured the complexions of his subjects.
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Title: Zoie Ghika, moldavisk prinsessa / Zoie Ghika, Moldavian Princess,
Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish 1718-1793)
Photo: Nationalmuseum
Permanent Collection: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Image Courtesy: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
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Attention to detail and the skillful depiction of
expensive fabrics were his forte bringing many prestigious]
commissions to the Swedish native.
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His homeland's National Museum has organized an exhibit to honor this Swedish hero. Three exhibition halls are utilized
with over 100 portraits painted by Roslin during various periods of his life.
The exhibition focus has been designed to suggest, in a stylized form, the type of environment within which the 18th Century artist Roslin lived and worked.
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Title: Självporträtt / Self-portrai, 1790
Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish 1718-1793)
Photo: Jenny Thornell/Malmö Museer
Permanent Collection: Malmö Konstmuseum/Malmö Art Museum
Image Courtesy: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
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Title: Madame Victoire, prinsessa av Frankrike /
Madame Victoire, Princess of France, 1765
Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish 1718-1793)
Photo: Sven Olof Larsén/Helsingborgs museisamling
Permanent Collection: Helsingborgs Museer
Image Courtesy: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
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Alexander Roslin traversed Europe during his career from Sweden to Italy and finally settling in Paris.
The young Roslin was a student of Georg Engelhard Schröder, before embarking on a European tour. It provided the
opportunity to make important contacts and network through
European society. Roslin achieved the highest honor of the time when Royalty commissioned him to paint their portraits.
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Roslin worked at the courts of Parma (1751-2) and Bayreuth(1745-1747).
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Lady with a Fan or Lady with the Veilis a portrait of his wife Marie-Suzanne Giroust. It is considered to be one of his finest works.
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Title: Damen med slöjan. Konstnären Marie Suzanne Giroust (Roslins hustru)
Lady with the veil. The artist Marie Suzanne Giroust (wife of Alexander Roslin), 1768
Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish 1718-1793)
Permanent Collection: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
Image Courtesy: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
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Title: Kronprins Ludvig av Frankrike,
Louis, Dauphin of France, 1765
Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish 1718-1793)
Photo: RMN/Gérard Blot
Permanent Collection: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Image Courtesy: The National Museum, Stockhom, Sweden
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Upon his death in 1793 he had achieved significant financial success. He died as the then wealthiest artist in Paris.
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Alexander Roslin
The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden:
through January 13, 2008
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