Carl Johan Billmark

Carl Johan Billmark ( born January 28, 1804 in Stockholm, † November 1870 in Paris) was a Swedish lithographer, engraver and draftsman. Among his most famous works, the panorama of Stockholm from the balloon, printed in 1868 in Paris, and from Stockholm belongs to Gothenburg. Picturesque views of the Göthakanals and its around 1843. He died under mysterious circumstances during the Franco-German war in the run-up to the Paris Commune in November of 1870 during the siege of Paris, so that an exact time of death can not be specified.

Life

Bill Mark worked for several years as a salesman before he became in 1822 a pupil of the engraver Christian Didrik Forssell. In 1827 he left Forssells studio in order to train in lithography. His works Etudes for scenic artist ( Etyder promote landskapstecknare, 1828-30 ) and Scottish Views ( Skotska Vyer, 1830-1832 ) showed his ability to newly elected branch of art. In 1833 he left Sweden and moved to Paris, where he lived until his death. He became an apprentice of the famous French painter, watercolourist and lithographer Laurent Deroy Isidore the same year. From Paris, he made several trips to Germany to the Rhine Valley in 1836 (including colored lithograph of Andernacher Old Krahnens, the Drachenfels, Castle Rheineck, a view of Cologne under the title Rhenströmmen ( The Rhine ) ), in Switzerland, Italy 1837-1838 in the French provinces in 1839 and in his native Sweden in 1840. the Swedish National Museum has many of his drawings and sketches from this period. In the years 1840-1870 Billmark probably stayed a total of 12 months in his native Sweden as 1840 ( travel along the Göthakanals ), 1852, 1860 and 1864, when he spent the summer in Stockholm and the panorama created. Mostly he drew tourists, landscapes and buildings, which he then lithographed in Paris. 1843 in Stockholm Stockholm to Gothenburg from his work. Picturesque views of the Göthakanals and its surroundings with stunning views of the Trollhättan Canal. 1853-1855 he published Gripsholm, which made ​​him famous in Sweden.

1860 Bill Mark was elected to the Royal Academy of the liberal arts ( Kungliga academies för de fria konsterna ) in Stockholm. King Oscar I appreciated Bill Marks art very much and caused that he in 1862 an annual state annuity of 800 Swedish Reichstalern ( riksdaler, Swedish currency after German model since 1604, officially from 1776 to 1873 ) was awarded by the Swedish Parliament. In 1864 he made ​​the acquaintance of the French ballooning pioneer Gaspard -Félix Nadar Tournachon called, made ​​the first aerial photography for archaeological purposes. To draw Billmark learned air panoramas from the anchored balloon. For the Stockholm panorama he was in the balloon over Bredablick (30 m high octagonal brick tower) at Skansen. In Paris he made the final drawing of the Stockholm panorama on the basis of sketches and photographs and lithographed it. In Lemercier & Cie. went there in 1868 in print. Some of the few specimens that have been preserved, preserved in the Royal Library and the Stockholm City Museum.

Carl Johan Billmark applies alongside Michael Gustaf Anckarswärd (1792-1878) as the greatest lithographer Sweden.

Bill Marks Stockholm panorama of 1868

. CJ Marks Bill Stockholm panorama The vanishing point is in linear perspective of 1868 - as a pinprick visible - slightly above the horizon to the right of the center.

Gallery

Skeppsbron in Gamla Stan in 1860

Byströms Villa in Djurgården 1860

Gripsholm Castle in 1850

Lithographs and drawings by Bill Mark

  • From Stockholm to Gothenburg. Picturesque views of the Göthakanals and its surroundings ( Från Stockholm till Gothenburg. Pittoreska Vyer från Götha channel och concerning närheter. Förlag Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1843)
  • Scenic travel from Stockholm to Naples, 1852
  • Stockholm's picturesque surroundings: Djurgården
  • Gripsholm, 1853-1855
  • Sweden, watercolors, lithographs and Tondrucke, 1853-1866 (views and interiors of Stockholm, Uppsala, Sigtuna, Gripsholm Castle and Skokloster )
  • Panorama of Stockholm from the balloon, 1868.
  • Le château royal d' Ulriksdal, 1870 ( The Royal Palace Ulriksdal, on behalf of King Charles XV. )
Nationalmuseum Oscar I of Sweden Balloon (aircraft) Bremen Town Hall Skokloster Castle Charles XV of Sweden Integrated Authority File
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