Friedrich August von Klinkowström

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Friedrich August von Klinkowström (31 August 1778 4 April 1835) was a German artist, author and teacher from an old Pomeranian noble family. Klinkowström was born in Ludwigsburg in Swedish Pomerania to Friedrich Ernst Sebastian von Klinkowström (1735 1821) and Anna Louise Wilhelmine von Rosenberg (1751 1823). He began studying at the University of Greifswald, but, in deference to the wishes of his father, a lieutenant-colonel in the Swedish army, Friedrich served in the Prussian Army from 1793 to 1802. After this he was allowed to follow his own inclination and become a painter. To perfect himself in his studies, he went to the famous Dresden Gallery. His early pictures as well showed a strong leaning towards the Roman Catholic Church. After four years of successful study he was called home and obliged to remain there quietly for two years, owing to the depressed political condition of the country after the Battle of Jena. Then he decided to head for Rome, journeying first through Paris where the victorious Napoleon had amassed art treasures from many lands. His stay in Paris lasted nearly two years, and terminated with his engagement.