Carl Gustaf Hellqvist

(1851–1890) svensk historiemålare

Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (Sweden, 1851–1890) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Carl Gustaf Hellqvist belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art. In the history of Swedish art, Carl Gustaf Hellqvist belongs to the chapter ‘The Opponents and the 1890s’.

Carl Gustaf Hellqvist was born in Kungsör and died in Munich.

The best-known works include ‘The Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the Ice of Lake Mälaren’, ‘Religious Discourse between Olaus Petri and Peder Galle’, and ‘Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and genre painting. The catalogue has 21 works by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist with free images. The dated works span the years 1876–1886. Works by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Statens porträttsamling, Kungliga Husgerådskammaren, and Tavastehus Konstmuseum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Elisabeth Keyser, Ernst Josephson, Emma Sparre, Charles Sprague Pearce, and Gustav Schönleber.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• Valdemar Atterdag brandskattar Visby