Maria Röhl
(1801–1875) svensk porträttmålare
Maria Röhl (Sweden, 1801–1875) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtswoman. By year of birth, Maria Röhl belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art. In the history of Swedish art, Maria Röhl belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism in Sweden’.
Maria Röhl was born in Stockholm City and died in Klara Church Parish. Maria Röhl worked in Stockholm and Paris. Maria Röhl became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. The students included Amanda Helander.
The best-known works include ‘Mrs Laura Netzel, née Pistolekors’, ‘Gustav (1827-1852), hereditary prince, prince of Sweden and Norway, duke of Uppland’, and ‘Oskar I (1799-1859), king of Sweden and Norway, married to Josefina of Leuchtenberg’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 14 works by Maria Röhl with free images. The dated works span the years 1832–1866. Works by Maria Röhl are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Statens porträttsamling, Finlands Nationalgalleri, and Kungliga biblioteket.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Carl Fredrik Kiörboe, Augusta Plagemann, Alfred d'Orsay, Brita Sofia Hesselius, and Johann Karl Baehr.