Carl Frederick von Saltza
Carl Fredrik von Saltza (October 29, 1858 - December 10, 1905[1]) was an artist and portrait painter. Saltza was best known in Sweden for his genre pictures in watercolor and for his drawings. He was one of the main illustrators for Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda. In the United States, Saltza was best known for his portraits.[2][3]
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Saltza was born in Sörby, Östergötland, Sweden to Count Carl Anton Philips von Saltza and Countess Gustava Christina Dela Gardie in 1858. Saltza received his early education in private schools in Uppsala and Stockholm, Sweden, and subsequently went on to study painting in the Royal Academy in Stockholm. There he studied under Georg von Rosen and August Malmström. Dissatisfied with the teaching, Saltza traveled abroad with his friend Karl Nordström[3] and continued his studies at the Royal Academy in Brussels, Belgium, and under private teachers in Paris, France, including Jean-Léon Gérôme.[2][4]
Upon his return to Sweden Saltza associated himself with the group of artists who formed Konstnärsförbundet in 1886. The conflict between the Royal Academy and Konstnärsförbundet contributed to Saltza's decision to emigrate to the United States in 1891.[3] Saltza was an instructor in painting in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1892 to 1898[2] and at the Chicago Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, from 1898 to 1899. In 1899 to 1901, Saltza was an instructor at the Teachers' College at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City.[4] Later in life, Saltza painted portraits in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in St. Luke's Hospital, New York in 1905.[1]
Saltza married Henrietta Stoopendahl in 1883 in Stockholm.[4] The von Saltza house is extinct in Sweden but survives in the United States.[3]
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[edit] References
- American Federation of Arts (1908). American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker.
- Hamersly, Lewis Randolph (Editor) (1905). Who's who in New York City and State. L.R. Hamersly Co.
- Johansson, Ulla (2000-2002). "von Saltza" in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon vol. 31, pp. 316-319. Stockholm.
- Söderberg, Rolf (1949). "Saltza, Carl Fredrik von" in Svenska män och kvinnor, vol. 6, pp. 482-483. Stockholm.
