Emma Sparre

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Emma Josepha Sparre , née Munktell , (born June 29, 1851 in Grycksbo , Kopparberg municipality, Dalarna , Sweden ; † September 8, 1913 in Rättvik ) was a Swedish painter and poet .

Emma Sparre: Idun 1890, no 23
Emma Sparre: Reading girl
Emma Sparre: Portrait of Hans Wachtmeister (1851–1929)

Life

Emma was the daughter of Henrik Munktell (* 1804 in Kopparberg; † 1861), owner of a paper mill that his grandfather Johan Munktell founded in 1740 and which he took over in 1834. He was also a talented amateur musician, both pianist and conductor, and a member of the Harmoniska Sällskapet in Stockholm . The mother was Christina Augusta, nee Eggertz (* 1818 in Falun , † 1889 in Stockholm).

When the father died, the mother moved to Stockholm with Emma, ​​son Henrik (1841–1906) and daughters Amalia (1846–1916) and Helena (1852–1919). From here she ran the paper mill and ran a salon that was mainly frequented by musicians. In Stockholm Emma first studied painting privately with August Malmström , then at the art academy . She then stayed in Düsseldorf for study purposes , where Malmström had already studied in 1856/57 and worked in Hans Fredrik Gude's studio in 1858 . Like the teacher, she traveled to Rome and Paris , where she rented a studio and trained privately with the painters Gustave Courtois and Pascal Adolphe Dagnan-Bouveret . Here she was friends with the Norwegian painter Marie Kathrine Helene Tannaes (1854–1939), who studied with Courtois in 1885 and 1888.

In 1870 she married the portrait and history painter Carl Freiherr von Sparre (1839–1910) and took on the nobility title “Friherinna” (baroness). In 1867 Sparre had been a private student of Ferdinand Fagerlin in Düsseldorf and then worked in Paris. The marriage was divorced in 1891. Their daughter Märta, married Améen (* 1871 in Vienna ; † 1940 at Gut Barksäter near Norrköping), made a name for herself as a painter and illustrator.

Emma Sparre returned to Sweden around 1890 and had the Solgården house on Lake Siljan in Dalarna built in 1897 based on a design by her son-in-law's cousin, Gustaf Améen (1864–1949). Here she was visited by many famous guests, among them Selma Lagerlöf and Anders Zorn .

As a painter, Emma Sparre chose her motifs from fairy tales and legends, but increasingly turned to landscape and especially portrait painting. A composition of her sister Helena, "Isjungfrun" (The Ice Maiden), opus 20, 1889, wrote for Emma Sparre the libretto, also has a counterpart in her painting "Isdrottningen" (The Snow Queen), which in 1893 at the World's Fair in Chicago shown has been. She also wrote texts for the composition "Jul" (1913) and for some of her sister's songs. The cover of the 2005 CD with the orchestral works by Helena Munktell is illustrated with a landscape painting by her sister.

Work (selection)

  • "I ro", (In peace), 1882
  • "Interiör av Karl IX: s sängkammare på Gripsholm" (King Charles IX's bedroom in Gripsholm Castle), 1884, oil / canvas, 65.5 × 54 cm: Stockholm, National Museum (NM 4681)
  • “Konstnärinnans moder” (Portrait of the Mother), 1885
  • "Flicka vid klippor" (Girl on the Cliffs), 1886, oil / canvas, 67 × 54 cm
  • “Portrait of Evine Röhss, gift med godsägare Harald Röhss, Munkeberg, Västergötland” (portrait of Evine Röhss, married to Harald Röhss), 1886, oil / canvas, 126 × 88 cm
  • “Trollbunden” (banned; based on a legend from Dalarna), 1887
  • “Portrait of the actress Anna de Wahl (1844–1889)”, oil / canvas, 41 × 32.5 cm
  • "I tankar - Kvinna med blomster" (In thoughts - Young woman with flowers), 1880/90, oil / canvas, 116 × 73 cm
  • "Modlös" (discouraged), 1890
  • "I tankar" (In thoughts), 1892, oil / canvas, 91 × 65 cm
  • “Kvinna i vitt” (Girl in White), 1892; Exhibited: Art Exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair 1893
  • “Friherrinnan” (The Baroness), 1895
  • "Portrait of Hans Wachtmeister (1851–1929)", Swedish Minister of Finance
  • "Grupporträtt av familjen Wachtmeister af Johanneshus" (group portrait of Hans Wachtmeister af Johanneshus with his sons), 1896
  • “Överraskningen” (The Surprise), Oil on Canvas, 36 × 45 cm

Participation in exhibitions

  • Paris, art exhibition at the 1878 World's Fair
  • Göteborg (Göteborgsutställningen) 1881 and 1891
  • Stockholm, academy exhibition (Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna) 1885 and 1887
  • Paris, Salon 1887
  • Copenhagen, Nordic Art and Industry Exhibition 1888
  • Stockholm, Society New Idun (Sällskapet Nya Idun) 1888: "Portrait"
  • Paris, art exhibition of the World's Fair 1889 (medal)
  • International art exhibition organized by the Association of Berlin Artists on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Berlin 1891: Emma Sparre, Paris. 3612. "Portrait of my mother", 3613. "Young girl, study", 3614 "Inside of the old castle at Gripsholm in Sweden"
  • Chicago, Art Exhibition at the Columbian World's Fair 1893
  • Paris, New Salon 1890 and 1897
  • Stockholm, Exhibition of the Swedish Artists Association (Svenska Konstnärernas Förening (SKF)) 1900
  • Helsingborg, Exhibition of Swedish Art (Svensk konst) 1903
  • Stockholm, Exhibition of the Swedish Association of Women Artists (Föreningen Svenska Konstnärinnor) at the Art Academy in 1911

literature

  • The International Studio. An illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume 29. John Lane Co., New York 1906, p. 220.
  • Georg Nordensvan : 20. Emma Josefa S [parre], friherrinna, född Munktell . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 581 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Sparre, Emma Josepha . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 335 .
  • KL Nichols: Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893 (Swedish, arcadiasystems.org ).
  • Sparre, 4. Emma Josefa S., f. Munktell ,. In: Svenska konstnärer. Biografisk handbok. Vänersborgs Boktryckeri AB, Vänersborg 1980, ISBN 91-85040-31-2 , p. 425 ( runeberg.org ).
  • Hans Paffrath / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Volume 3. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3011-0 , appendix, p. 470.
  • Sparre, Emma Josepha née Munktell. In: Emanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Volume 13, 1999, p. 89.
  • Boj Kewenter: Emma Sparre, född Munktell. In: Dalarna 2008 - Kvinnoliv, pp. 75-87. Falun: Dalarnas Fornminnes och Hembygdsförbund i samarbete med Dalarnas museum. Årgång 78.
  • Sparre, Emma Josepha . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 105, de Gruyter, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-023271-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marie Helene Kathrine Tannaes lexikonettamanda.se
  2. ^ The International Studio. An illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume 29. John Lane Co., New York 1906, p. 220.
  3. ↑ imslp.org
  4. ↑ Adelaide Nauckhoff: Grupporträtt av familjen Wachtmeister af Johanneshus. In: IDUN, Illustrerad Tidning för Kvinnan och Hemmet. No. 1, January 3, 1903, p. 1 ( gupea.ub.gu.se ).
  5. ↑ IDUN, Praktisk Veckotidning för och Qvinnan Hemmet. No. 2 January 13, 1888 ( gupea.ub.gu.se ).
personal data
SURNAME Sparre, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sparre, Emma Josepha (full name); Munktell, Emma Josepha (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish painter and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Grycksbo
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1913
Place of death Rättvik