Carl Johan Fahlcrantz

[2] [3] [4] In 1791, he went to Stockholm and secured an apprenticeship as a decorative painter with Johan Gottlob Brusell [sv] at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

He also received guidance from Elias Martin and studied landscape painting with Louis Belanger, who had immigrated from France in 1798.

Despite his initial success, he had to make ends meet by taking students and selling some paintings at a discount.

He intended to visit Italy but postponed the trip until 1807, when he asked for permission to spend his money within Sweden.

He remained single until 1849, when he married Anna Sophie Hagström, a shopkeeper's daughter who was thirty years his junior.