Michael Carowsky


Michael Carowsky was a Swedish church painter.

Biography

Carowsky moved from Danzig to Gothenburg, Sweden where he became master at the City of Gothenburg Art and Painters' Office in 1742.
In 1744, he was married to the artist Maria Carowsky. The couple had one daughter, Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, who became a notable portrait painter in Gothenburg.

His master works consisted of paintings at the Gothenburg City Hall.
Among other works are the figural paintings at Borgvik Church from 1745 and, together with his father-in-law Johan Ross the Elder, he completed church ceiling paintings at Örgryte Old Church from 1741.