Christine Sundberg
Christine Margaretha Sundberg (born February 5, 1837 in Kalmar , Småland , Sweden , † January 20, 1892 in Paris ) was a Swedish portrait , genre and still life painter .
Life
Sundberg, daughter of the art-loving tobacco manufacturer Carl Peter Sundberg and his wife Petronella Wetterström, belonged to Helena Millde (1836–1901), Anna Nordgren , Anna Nordlander , Amanda Sidwall , Sophie after attending Elise Brandt's “Drawing and Painting School for Young Women” Södergren and Mimmi Zetterström to the first batch of 18 female artists who began studying painting in the women's department of the Stockholm Art Academy in 1864 . After she had been tutored there by Johan Fredrik Höckert and Johan Christoffer Boklund , she was awarded a medal in 1867 for her “great talent”. In the same year she went with her friend Helena Millde to Düsseldorf , the center of the Düsseldorf School of Painting , famous for genre painting , and took private lessons from her compatriot Ferdinand Fagerlin . In 1868 she moved on to Paris, where she was instructed by Jean-Baptiste-Ange Tissier (1814–1876), Gustave Courtois (1852–1923), Thomas Couture and Antoine Vollon as well as in the Académie Colarossi and lived until her death. Techniques of restoration she learned at M. Briotet at the workshops of the Louvre . Sundberg took part in exhibitions at the Salon de Paris (1869, 1874, 1879, 1888) as well as in the Paris World Fairs of 1878 and 1889 . At the World's Columbian Exposition she was represented with several works in the “Women's Pavilion”. An eye disease prevented her from painting at an advanced age. Nevertheless, she was able to continue working as a restorer at the Louvre.
literature
- Eva-Lena Bengtsson, Barbro foreman: Kvinna och konstnär i 1800-talets Sverige . Signum, Lund 2004, ISBN 978-9-18789-664-4
- Magdalena Jonsson: Christine Sundberg och Anna von Strussenfelt. Tobakshandlarnas konstnärliga döttrar . In: Sancte Christophers gilles chroenica , 47, 2013, pp. 37-49
Web links
- Christine Margaretha Sundberg , biography in the portal sok.riksarkivet.se
- Christine Sundberg. Beslutsamhet och Blick , biography in the portal kalmarkonstmuseum.se
- Sundberg, Christine , biography in the portal kalmarlexikon.se
- Christine Margaretha Sundberg , biography in the portal lexikonettamanda.se
- Christine Sundberg , Auction Results on artnet .com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 441
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| SURNAME | Sundberg, Christine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sundberg, Christine Margaretha (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish portrait, genre and still life painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalmar , Småland , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1892 |
| Place of death | Paris |