About Per Daniel Holm
Lived 1835 – 1903 (aged 67). Per Daniel Holm was a Swedish painter.
Per Daniel Holm (11 September 1835, Smedjebacken - 7 August 1903, Stockholm) was a Swedish landscape painter.
Biography His father, Alexander Holm, was a pastor at . He attended the KTH Royal Institute of Technology until 1855, then became a mechanical draftsman for the , This was followed by a similar position at the zoological museum of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
From 1858 to 1863, he studied landscape painting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, with Nils Andersson, and made numerous study trips to northern Sweden and Norway. In 1862. he was awarded a royal medal for landscapes of Lapland.
He continued his studies in Düsseldorf, Munich, Karlsruhe and Paris. He was named a member of the Royal Academy in 1871, becoming a Vice-Professor of landscape painting in 1873, and a full Professor in 1881. That same year, he became a conservator at the Nationalmuseum. He resigned all of his positions in 1900.
He was especially appreciated for his depictions of geological formations. In addition to his paintings, he provided illustrations for Lappland, dess natur och folk, by . He had a large collection of art and old books that was scattered after his death.
His works may be seen at the Nationalmuseum, the Göteborgs konstmuseum, the Stockholm City Museum and the .
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Who was Per Daniel Holm?
Swedish painter (1835-1903)
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Per Daniel Holm was born on 11 September 1835.
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Per Daniel Holm died on 7 August 1903 in Stockholm, Jakob and Johannes parish.
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Per Daniel Holm was a painter.
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Per Daniel Holm was Swedish.
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