Georg von Rosen

(b Paris, 13 Feb 1843; d Stockholm, 3 March 1923). Swedish painter. He started his artistic education early, taking lessons from J. Arsenius (1818-1903) and, from the age of 12 at the art academy in Stockholm, with C. G. Plageman as his main tutor. The works of the Belgian history painter Hendrik Leys, which he saw at the International Exhibition in London in 1862, were the most important inspiration for his paintings of Swedish history. Sten Sture the Elder's Entry into Stockholm (1864; Stockholm, Nmus.) was his first work in this spirit. There followed journeys to Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Italy and France. In Paris, von Rosen studied pictures by Thomas Couture and Paul Delaroche and later L?on Bonnat, after which he refreshed his knowledge of Henry Leys's painting in Brussels between 1867 and 1871. His artistic breakthrough came with Eric XIV (1871; Stockholm, Nmus.), in which he brought a new psychological insight to history painting by emphasizing the King's uncertainty as he decides whether to condemn the rebel Sture brothers. At the same time von Rosen started to paint official portraits, the most famous being The Explorer A. E. Nordenski?ld (1886; Stockholm, Nmus.). Among von Rosen's most famous works is the Symbolist The Sphinx (1887-1907; Stockholm, Nmus.).

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Von Rosen's depiction of Karin Månsdotter, Eric XIV and Jöran Persson (1871).

Georg von Rosen (1843-1923), was a Swedish painter, known for his treatment of subjects from Swedish history and Norse mythology. He taught at the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm (Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna) between 1880 and 1908.

In his 1871 picture of Karin Månsdotter – a 16th Century Swedish queen who was the only commoner to hold that position until modern times and who is considered a romantic figure – she is depicted as "an innocent angel", holding the hand of her mentally deranged husband, King Eric XIV, who is lying on the floor, confused by his inner demons. She is thus giving the King strength to resist the demands of his adviser Jöran Persson, standing on the other side of him and trying to get him to sign a document.

Gallery

Von Rosen's depiction of the Norse god Odin (1886).

Painting of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1886.

Von Rosen's "Sten Sture the Elder enters Stockholm" (1864).

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