Elis Chiewitz

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Elis Chiewitz
Born(1784-04-13)April 13, 1784
Fredman's Epistles

Elis Chiewitz (pronounced tje:vits),[1] born 13 April 1784 in Stockholm, died 24 June 1839 in Hammarlund, Åland, was a Swedish musician and artist.

Biography

Elis Chiewitz was the son of the court chapel violinist

watercolour
.

He is best known for his illustrations, especially for the two albums Gallery of

Fredman's songs in 1827 with figures from the named works of Sweden's bard, Carl Michael Bellman. These include twelve group scenes and twenty-five single figures in coloured line etching after watercolour ink drawings. He also illustrated Svenska Teater-Galleriet in 1826 with twenty-four characters from various songs and speeches,[2]
and Ett år i Stockholm in 1837.

Some of Elis Chiewitz's colour lithographs later served as models for coffin letters printed at Berlingska boktryckeriet in Lund.[3]

In his last years, he was active as a drawing teacher in Åbo on

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm,[4] Norrköping's art museum,[5] The Nordic Museum,[6] Uppsala University Library,[7] and the National Library of Sweden
.

Fredman's Epistles
  • Ep. 38: "Mollberg's parading at Corporal Boman's Grave"
    Ep. 38: "Mollberg's parading at Corporal Boman's Grave"
  • Ep. 64: "The Fight at Fröman's Tavern in Horns-Kroken"
    Ep. 64: "The Fight at Fröman's Tavern
    in Horns-Kroken"
  • Ep. 62: "The Ball at Gröna Lund"
    Ep. 62: "The Ball at Gröna Lund"
  • Ep. 71: Ulla! min Ulla! säj får jag dig bjuda: Fredman woos Ulla Winblad in the window at Fiskartorpet
    Ep. 71:
    Ulla! min Ulla! säj får jag dig bjuda: Fredman woos Ulla Winblad in the window at Fiskartorpet

References

  1. ^ CG. "Chiewitz med rätt uttal" (PDF). Hwad Behagas?, Bellmanssällskapets medlemsblad (in Swedish). No. 3–4 2016. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  2. ^ Chiewitz, Elis (illus.) (1826). Svenska Teater-Galleriet. Stockholm: Carl Deleen.
  3. ^ Konserten på Tre byttor och Mutter på tuppen, Nils-Arvid Bringéus. Article in Kulturen, 1977
  4. ^ Nationalmuseum
  5. OCLC 186037488
    . Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. ^ "Tavla: Galleri till Fredmans Epistlar och Sånger". Nordic Museum. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ Uppsala universitetsbibliotek

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