Carl Gustaf Pilo, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Gustaf Pilo

Danish artist

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1711

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1793

Profession: painter

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Carl Gustaf Pilo (5 March 1711 – 2 March 1793) was a Swedish-born artist and painter.
Pilo worked extensively in Denmark as a painter to the Danish Royal Court and as professor and director at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Danish: Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), as well as in his native Sweden.
His prolific output in Denmark consisted mainly of portraits of royalty and the nobility, but included also genre paintings in the Dutch style.
For over two decades, he was acknowledged as the foremost portrait painter in Denmark.
In addition to Peder Als, other students of his were Per Krafft and Lorens Pasch.
Pilo is most famous for his masterly painting, "The Coronation of Gustaf III" commissioned by King Gustav III of Sweden.



Alternative names	Carl Gustav Pilo; C.G. Pilo; Carl Gustaf Pilov; Carl Gustaf Pillo; Pillo; Pilov; Pilo
Description	Swedish painter
Date of birth/death	circa 1711 date QS:P,+1711-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	2 March 1793
Location of birth/death	Nyköping	Stockholm
Work location	Stockholm, Germany, Vienna
Authority control	: Q649390 VIAF: 23040211 ISNI: 0000 0000 6681 0066 ULAN: 500014292 LCCN: n86074479 GND: 123086590 WorldCat