Patersen , Binyamin (Benjamin) (Patersson (Patersen, Paterssen) Benjamin)

1750 (Varberg, Sweden) - 1810 (St. Petersburg, in a number of sources over the years of life indicates 1748-1815)

painter and graphic artist.

Swede by birth. Born in a family customs clerk. In 1765 was adopted by the student in the shop painters Gothenburg to the master S. Fiku. In the late 1770's lived and worked in the Baltic region, from 1784 - in Riga. About 1,787 arrived in St. Petersburg, putting in the newspaper the St. Petersburg Gazette "ad with a proposal to make to order" portraits and historical pieces olive paint and pencil ... "Prior to 1793 he worked mainly as a portraitist and historical painter, and then devoted himself entirely to the genre of urban landscape. Accomplished many paintings, watercolors and engravings of St. Petersburg.

Participated in exhibitions of the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1798 was elected a full member. In 1791 he married Kexholmsky native of "girl Christine Tillman Yulyevna».

Patersen - one of the leading masters of the genre of landscape painting, are carried out in Russia in the late XVIII - early XIX century, the representative of classicism. For his work is characterized by representation, the severity of the figure, the accuracy of promising theories, calm measured rhythm, noble restraint of color, built on a combination of shades of blue, green, brown. Following the tradition of the genre, the artist included in his work many everyday scenes, figures of traders, people strolling, rushing to work employees, thereby creating an encyclopedia of life in St. Petersburg at that time. He captured many historic events, such as the construction of the Exchange project J. Quarenghi (later dismantled), so that his works are not only artistic, but also of historical significance. In his works he repeated on several occasions and found varied reasons.

essential when collecting works Patersen is a division of the original and printed graphics. The artist preferred to sketch the engraving, followed by painting watercolor prints, because of what they are easy to take for drawings created with pen, ink and watercolor.

Patersen works are in many museum collections in Russia and Europe, including the State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin and others.