Carl Gustaf Pilo (1711 – 1793)

• Was a Swedish painter.
• Born on the farm Göksäter in Runtuna Parish near Nyköping. 
• Pilo's career began as a craft painter.
• Pilo lived 1738-1741 in Scania. 
• In 1741 he moved to Copenhagen.
• He started working as drawing teacher at the Academy on 4 April 1741.
• He began making portraits for King Christian VI during 1745.
• In 1747, Pilo was named painter to the royal court under the newly crowned King Frederik V.
• In 1748, Pilo was named professor at the Drawing and Painting Academy.
• He became a member of the Academy of Art in Augsburg 1759, and a member of the Academy of Art in St. Petersburg 1770.
• The royal court purchased more than 50 portraits of King Frederik V beteen 1748-1767.
• He died in Stockholm.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Cornelius Høyer, Portræt af Carl Gustav Pilo, 1756 – 1804.
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