Caleb Althin

Caleb Althin (1866–1919) was a Swedish painter, illustrator, and art teacher.

Biography His father, Carl Johan Althin (1832-1869), was a pastor. He went to Stockholm for his primary education. During that time, he received some art lessons from the court curator, Edvard Perséus. From 1885 to 1892, he was a student at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, although he spent the years 1889 to 1891 abroad, to study decorative painting in Paris with Pierre-Victor Galland. After graduating, he became a teacher of freehand drawing.

He is perhaps best known as the founder of , a private preparatory school that opened in 1896. He also produced magazine illustrations and posters, including several for Salvator Beer, produced at the (Great Brewery).

In 1894, he married Elisabet Maria Carlheim-Gyllensköld (1870-1911); daughter of the naval commander. He remarried in 1912, to Matilda Forsström (1883-1924), the daughter of a court clerk. Both marriages were childless.

Selected works