Carl Frederick von Saltza

[2][3][4] Born in i858, the parish of Sörby in Östergötland, Sweden, into the Von Saltza noble family of German origin, Carl Frederik was the son of Count Carl Anton Philips von Saltza and his wife, Countess Gustava Christina De la Gardie.

Dissatisfied with the teaching, Saltza traveled abroad with his friend Karl Nordström[3] and continued his studies at the Royal Academy in Brussels, Belgium, and under private teachers in Paris, France, including Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The conflict between the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and Konstnärsförbundet contributed to von Saltza's decision to emigrate to the United States in 1891.

[3] Saltza was an instructor in painting in St. Louis, Missouri from 1892 to 1898,[2] and later at the Chicago Art Institute in from 1898 to 1899.

[3][7] His daughter, Elisabeth Christina von Saltza married Columbia professor George Philip Krapp.