Pehr Hilleström

Posted Dec 1, 2008 at 22:39 CET in Artists, Fashion, Paintings, and People.

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Self portrait.

Pehr Hilleström was a Swedish 18th century painter who often painted everyday scenes with great attention to detail.

Pehr Hilleström on Historiesajten. In Swedish.

Pehr Hilleström at Konstnärslexikonet Amanda. Also in Swedish.

Some Hilleström paintings after the cut.

Edit: Updated this post with two more paintings.

A woman is reading, the chambermaid brings tea, 1775.

Three women in a forest having their fortune read in their palms, 1787.

A woman sits in a forest reading, another one stands beside her sewing.

Boudoir interior with the artist’s daughter Ulrica Hilleström, 1780s.

A woman sits and weeps with a medallion in her hand and another one comforts her.

Interior from an art collection.

Two women trying to catch a butterfly on a flower, ca 1787.

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Fashion saleslady.

The game, 1779. This is a scene from the court of Gustav III and I think all of the people depicted are wearing versions of “svenska dräkten”, the Swedish national suit introduced by Gustav III.

3 comments on “Pehr Hilleström”

Berg

My favorite! But not getting the credit he deserves, methinks. He’s not well represented in printed media either; the only work completely devoted to Hilleström was published in 1928 (Gerda Cederblom; Hilleström som kulturskildrare. Well worth your bucks if you can’t find it in your public library).

Thanks for the feature!