Nils Schillmark, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nils Schillmark

Swedish painter

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1745

Place of Birth: Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Date of Death: 28-Jan-1804

Profession: painter

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nils Schillmark (26 June 1745 – 28 January 1804) was a Swedish painter who lived and worked in Finland. Schillmark was born in Skellefteå as the youngest son in a farmer's family.
He initially studied in Stockholm and then moved to Suomenlinna in the eastern part of Sweden, now Finland, in 1773.
He painted portraits, still lifes, and landscapes, particularly river landscapes.
Schillmark along with Isak Wacklin were early Finnish landscape painters.
He also painted nature works similar to the Von Wright brothers, such as hunting and fishing scenes.
In Helsinki he painted portraits of officers and non-socialists.
In 1776 he traveled and worked in Loviisa and Heinola, eventually settling at the provincial governor's residence in Kymenkartano.
In 1782 he painted portraits of the bishop of Porvoo and a merchant and his wife in Loviisa.
Some of his works can be found at the Ateneum and the City Museum of Heinola.
He died in Loviisa.