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Alexander Roslin

1718 - 1793

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Alexander Roslin (spelled Alexandre in French, pronounced [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʁɔslɛ̃]; 15 July 1718 – 5 July 1793) was a Swedish painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St. Petersburg, primarily for members of aristocratic families. He combined insightful psychological portrayal with a skillful representation of fabrics and jewels.His style combined Classicist tendencies with the lustrous, shimmering colours of Rococo, a jocular, elegant and ornate style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Roslin has received more than 183,633 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Roslin is the 378th most popular painter (up from 398th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 160th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Painter.

Alexander Roslin is most famous for his 18th century paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alexander Roslin ranks 378 out of 1,421Before him are Richard Hamilton, Domenico Veneziano, Joseph Kosuth, Lucian Freud, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, and André Masson. After him are Gabriele Münter, Marie Laurencin, Armand Guillaumin, Grandma Moses, Adam Elsheimer, and Dosso Dossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Alexander Roslin ranks 6Before him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mariana Victoria of Spain, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Anna Leopoldovna, and Thomas Chippendale. After him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, and Antoine de Chézy. Among people deceased in 1793, Alexander Roslin ranks 14Before him are Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Francesco Guardi, and Madame Roland. After him are Charles Bonnet, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Antoine Barnave, John Hancock, Fletcher Christian, and Jacques Cathelineau.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Alexander Roslin ranks 158 out of 1,612Before him are Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), John Bauer (1882), Hjalmar Branting (1860), Erland Josephson (1923), and Michael Nyqvist (1960). After him are Stenkil (1030), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), Gustaf de Laval (1845), Karin Månsdotter (1550), and Elias Magnus Fries (1794).

Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Alexander Roslin ranks 4Before him are Carl Larsson (1853), Hilma af Klint (1862), and John Bauer (1882). After him are Odd Nerdrum (1944), Eugène Jansson (1862), Richard Bergh (1858), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Ernst Josephson (1851), Mårten Eskil Winge (1825), Eva Bonnier (1857), and Sigrid Hjertén (1885).