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Pehr Hillestrom
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.
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Gustavian Style Interior with Cardplayers
Date probably 1779
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 60.5 x 145.5 cm (23.8 x 57.3 in)
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Painting ID:: 84909
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Gustavian_Style_Interior_with_Cardplayers
Date probably 1779
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 60.5 x 145.5 cm (23.8 x 57.3 in)
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Convivial Scene in a Peasant's Cottage
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 41 x 53 cm (16.1 x 20.9 in)
cyf
Painting ID:: 85605
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Convivial_Scene_in_a_Peasant's_Cottage
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 41 x 53 cm (16.1 x 20.9 in)
cyf
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The Milliner
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 79.5 x 65.5 cm (31.3 x 25.8 in)
cyf
Painting ID:: 86400
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The_Milliner
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 79.5 x 65.5 cm (31.3 x 25.8 in)
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En piga hoser sappa utur en kiettel i en skal
oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.5 x 45 cm (21.9 x 17.7 in)
cyf
Painting ID:: 90135
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En_piga_hoser_sappa_utur_en_kiettel__i_en_skal
oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.5 x 45 cm (21.9 x 17.7 in)
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En piga hoser sappa utur en kiettel i en skal
oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.5 x 45 cm
cyf
Painting ID:: 97876
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En_piga_hoser_sappa_utur_en_kiettel_i_en_skal
oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.5 x 45 cm
cyf
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Pehr_Hillestrom
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.
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