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3 unusual facts about Geskel Saloman


Geskel Saloman

Geskel Saloman (born 1 April 1821 in Tønder - July 5, 1902 in Båstad) was a Danish–Swedish portrait and genre painter, brother of Siegfried Saloman and chief medical officer for the Danish army Nota Saloman.

When his parents moved to Copenhagen, he entered the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, where he won the 1846 small silver medal.

Soloman was one of the Bedřich Smetana's closest friends and the one who painted in 1837 one of the three existing portraits of the founder of the Czech national music when he was only 34 years old.



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