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14-441: Rosendal Palace was largely designed by Fredrik Blom , one of the leading architects of the time, who received a royal commission to draw and build the palace building after the original buildings burned down. Fredrik August Lidströmer , Stockholm 's City Architect from 1818 to 1824, had been King Charles XIV's primary architect at the construction of the original Rosendal Palace. After it burned down in 1819, Lidströmer also created

28-505: A drawing school at Stockholm Castle , naming it the Royal Drawing Academy . It was modeled after French academies of the day as a gathering place for established artists and art connoisseurs. The painters Guillaume Taraval , Johan Henrik Scheffel , and Olof Arenius and the architect Carl Hårleman taught there, and the first group of students included Johan Pasch . In 1766, the academy expanded its activities following

42-527: A parliamentary decree. In 1768, its name was changed to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture . In 1773, King Gustav III wrote the first statutes for the academy's organization. At the time, the curriculum spanned architecture, graphics, anatomy, theory of perspective, and cultural history. The late 18th century is considered the first golden age of the Royal Academy, when great artists of

56-574: The Royal Academy , is located in Stockholm , Sweden . An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other fine arts, it is one of several Swedish Royal Academies . The Royal Institute of Art , an art school that was once an integral part of the academy, was broken out in 1978 as an independent entity directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. In 1735, Carl Gustaf Tessin set up

70-678: The 1820s marked the beginning of the development of Djurgården into a stately residential area. When King Oscar II died in 1907, his heirs decided to make Rosendal Palace a museum of the Charles John period and of the life of Charles XIV John. This makes Rosendal Palace a unique documentation of the European Empire style , in Sweden also known as the Charles John style. The Charles John style remained popular in Scandinavia even as

84-693: The Empire style disappeared in other parts of Europe. The palace stands today largely as it did in Charles XIV John's lifetime. During the summer months the palace is open to visitors for guided tours. Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Varmland and his wife Princess Sofia lived at Rosendal Palace between 2015–2017 while their permanent home, Villa Solbacken, was being renovated. 59°19′44″N 18°07′06″E  /  59.32889°N 18.11833°E  / 59.32889; 18.11833 Fredrik Blom Fredrik Blom (24 January 1781 – 25 September 1853)

98-668: The Swedish delegation to Saint Petersburg charged with negotiating the Treaty of Fredrikshamn , the peace treaty ending the Finnish War . In Saint Petersburg he came in contact with the vibrant Neoclassical architectural scene there, and made several watercolours of the city. Back in Sweden, Blom was promoted and continued doing both practical construction works for the military and other architectural commissions. He received prestigious commissions and rose quickly in rank. In 1817, he

112-471: The academy, at the time women could only study art by special permission before 1864, when women students were accepted. The Stockholm Art Association was formed to offer exhibition alternatives, and an Impressionist artists' group known as Opponenterna ('the Opponents') arose as well. In 1780, the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture moved from Stockholm Palace into a 17th-century palace designed by

126-471: The initial drawings for the replacement palace. These were then adapted and redrawn by Fredrik Blom, who had been an assistant to Jonas Lidströmer , father of Fredrik August Lidströmer. The Queen's Pavilion at Rosendal Palace (Swedish: Drottningpaviljongen ) and Guard's Cottage (Swedish: Vaktstugan ) remained entirely the work of Fredrik August Lidströmer. The creation of the Rosendal Palace in

140-483: The style of Fredrik Magnus Piper. After his studies he returned to Karlskrona in 1802 and re-entered military service, as adjutant to his former benefactor Jonas Lidströmer. Lidströmer was in charge of military construction works and it was in this capacity that Fredrik Blom assisted him. In 1804, he accompanied Baltzar von Platen on an inspection tour of the Göta Canal . He also accompanied Curt von Stedingk and

154-429: The time such as Johan Tobias Sergel were elected as members and also taught there. In 1810, it was renamed again to Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (Swedish: Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna ), the name it still bears today. By the 1830s, there was beginning to be opposition to the Royal Academy's commitment to traditional academic art . In addition, while both men and women could be elected as members of

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168-552: Was a Swedish officer, architect and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts . Fredrik Blom was born in Karlskrona . His father was a compass maker journeyman . He began his career as a carpenter, working for the navy at the Karlskrona naval base . He was educated by Johan Törnström and his aesthetic talent seems to have been identified early on, probably by his superior Jonas Lidströmer . In 1798 he

182-472: Was made professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts . The following years he produced his most prestigious and well-known designs, e.g. Skeppsholmskyrkan church and Rosendal Palace , both in the capital city, Stockholm . His military career culminated with his receiving the rank of colonel in 1840. Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( Swedish : Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna ), commonly called

196-514: Was relieved from his job as a carpenter and probably started studying architecture at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts the same year. He was taught and influenced by Louis Jean Desprez and Fredrik Magnus Piper . His first independent work was the rather unassuming (and later heavily altered) town hall of Sölvesborg , completed in 1805. Already by this time, however, he had produced proposals for purely decorative work, much in

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