Swedish, 1732-1816,was a Swedish artist and since 1794 a professor at the Swedish Royal Academy of Art. He became the director in 1810. He produced numerous paintings of mostly women and children performing various daily tasks inside upper- and middle-class homes in Stockholm. Dresses and furniture were painted exactly the way they looked and provide a valuable source of information about what life was like in those days. In addition to this he painted craftsmen in action at mills and other early industrial workplaces. Between 1757 and 1772 he worked as a master tapestry weaver, after learning the trade in France. Related Paintings of Pehr Hillestrom :. | Eldsvada wide Hogbergsgatan | One fruentimmer am sitting and laser,kammarjungfrun am arriving with the | Den fortrollade skogen | conversation pa drottningholm | The Morning Toilet. Boudoir Scene | Related Artists: Niklaus Deutsch 1484-1530 Northern Renaissance German,Painter, draughtsman, designer, writer and politician. Some early designs in pen and wash Hugo Loffler 1859-1935
painted Preparing for the lesson in 1896 Jose Villegas y Cordero Spanish, 1848 - 1921