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Ulrika Pasch

Ulrika Pasch
Ulrica pasch.jpg
Selfportrait from c. 1770
Born Ulrika Fredrica Pasch
(1735-07-10)10 July 1735
Stockholm
Died 2 April 1796(1796-04-02) (aged 60)
Stockholm
Nationality Swedish
Known for Painting
Movement Rococo

Ulrika "Ulla" Fredrica Pasch (10 July 1735 in – 2 April 1796 in Stockholm), was a Swedish rococo painter and miniaturist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

Ulrika Pasch was the daughter of the painter Lorens Pasch the Elder and Anna Helena Beckman, the niece of the artist Johan Pasch, and the sister of the future painter Lorens Pasch the Younger. Her grandfather, the painter Danckwart Pasch (d. 1727), had emigrated to Sweden from Lübeck. After the death of her grandfather in 1727, the family studio had been managed by her paternal grandmother Judith Larsdotter until it was taken over by her paternal uncle, Johan Pasch, in 1734. Her cousin, Margareta Stafhell, was a Chalcography artist.

Ulrika Pasch and her brother was tutored in drawing and painting by their father. She, unlike her sister Hedvig Lovisa Pasch (1744-1796) was tutored explicitly because she displayed early talent for the work. Hedvig Lovisa never became an artist, though it is mentioned that she left som drawings which were not without talent. From 1752 until 1766, her brother studied art abroad. During this period, her father's career declined, because he had failed to adapt to the new rococo style. Consequently, the family experienced economical difficulties. Ulrika Pasch was therefore, after the death of her mother in 1756, employed as a housekeeper in the house of her maternal aunt's widower, the goldsmith Gustaf Stafhell the Elder.

Her uncle, however, allowed her to paint in her free time and develop her artistic talent, and she started to paint and draw for money. It is explicitly stated that she started to take orders as an artist the same year that she year formally became a housekeeper. Soon, she was able to support both her father and her sister as a professional portrait painter. Reportedly, she managed to achieve this success and build up a clientele quickly by her affordable prices. She was able to move in to her own apartments and establish her own studio. By the time of her brother's return to Sweden in 1766, she was said to have supported the family for a period of ten years.

In 1766, her brother Lorens Pasch the Younger return to Stockholm, and from that point on, the two siblings worked together. Their collaboration has been described as one of mutual respect and harmony. They shared their studio and guided each other in their work, while their sister Hedvig Lovisa managed their house hold. Hedvig Lovisa has been described as their dutiful housekeeper, and it is hinted and alleged by contemporaries, that Hedvig Lovisa actually committed suicide after the death of her sister in 1796: she died later the same year.


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