Alexander Lauréus

In 1802, a fundraising in Turku paid for the young Aleksander Lauréus to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm. He was born in Turku and painted portraits of his father and stepmother, and he later became a royal court painter. A three-year scholarship took him to Paris in 1817, where he studied in Pierre-Narcisse Guérin's studio. Few paintings from his Paris trip survive, but there are more from his time in Rome. He fell ill in October 1823 and died later that month. Browse 116 works by Alexander Lauréus from 5 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia