Theodor Lundh
Swedish, 1812–1896
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Henrik Theodor Lundh was a Swedish painter, photographer, restaurateur and conductor at the Royal Museum.
He was the son of the brewer and cornet Adolph Fredric Lundh and Elisabeth Westin and from 1856 married Anna Sophia Charlotta Ekman. Lundh started studying painting with his uncle Fredric Westin at the age of 14 . He was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in 1829 but he continued his private tuition with his uncle who encouraged him to carry out history paintings.
During his studies, he was awarded a number of awards, including the Ticino Medal, the Chancellor's Medal and the Royal Medal. He traveled to Paris in 1843 to further his education and under the influence of French art he abandoned history painting to paint still lifes and genre paintings instead.
He participated in the Academy of Fine Arts' exhibitions. As a lithographer, he made a portrait of Karl XIV Johan and he made some miniature portraits of Axel Oxenstierna and Gustav II Adolf. His art consists of historical and biblical motifs, child portraits, flowers, animals and still lifes with dead birds.