Pehr Hilleström (1732-1816)

• Was a Swedish artist.
• Hilleström was born on the island of Väddö in the district of Roslagen, Sweden.
• He was the eldest of twelve children.
• He was first trained by landscape artist Johan Philip Korn.
• He received training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from artist Guillaume Taraval and architect Jean Eric Rehn.
• Between 1757 and 1758, Hilleström made a study trip abroad. The journey went to Paris, Belgium and Holland.
• From 1759, he operated a weaving workshop in Stockholm.
• In 1773, Hilleström became a member of the board of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.
• The academy appointed him a professor in drawing in 1794.
• In 1805 he received the post of Vice-Chancellor of the academy and in 1810 he succeeded Louis Masreliez as Director.
• In 1759 he married Ulrica Lode (1737–1779).

• Hilleström was the father of the artist Carl Petter Hilleström.

• His descendants included author and museum curator, Gustaf Hilleström (1911–1994).

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