Fredric Westin
Fredric Westin (1782–1862) was a Swedish painter and university teacher.
Also recorded as Fredrik Westin.
Fredric Westin in brief
- Born
- 1782
- Died
- 1862
- Known for
- painter and university teacher
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
Overview
Born at Stockholm in 1782, died at Stockholm in 1862.
In detail
Fredric Westin studied at Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. training under Lorens Pasch the Younger and Louis Masreliez is recorded. Carl Wahlbom, Fritz Ahlgrensson and Anders Arvid Arvidsson are recorded as having studied under Fredric Westin.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.
Employment is recorded with Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Positions recorded include court painter. Membership is recorded of Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
Works named in the authority record are Oskar I, 1799-1859, kung av Sverige och Norge, Cupid and Portrait of Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp.
Work by Fredric Westin is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, National Portrait Gallery of Sweden, Rosersbergs Collection and Skokloster Castle.
Sources
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- 1.
“Fredric Westin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1453234: Fredric Westin
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