Harriet Backer
Harriet Backer (born January 21, 1845 in Holmestrand , † March 25, 1932 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian painter . She was a pioneer among female artists in Scandinavia and Europe.
Live and act
Her father came from the Netherlands and was a consul, ship owner and timber merchant, and he also ran a small farm shop ( Norwegian bond trade ). Her mother was from the Smith-Pettersen family from Grimstad. At the age of 12 she moved with her family to Christiania (now Oslo). She learned drawing and painting from Jacob Calmeyer and Johan Fredrik Eckersberg . She traveled a lot with her sister, the pianist Agathe Backer Grøndahl , through Europe and studied in Paris and Munich . She was strongly influenced by Impressionism , although her artistic work is more characterized by realism . But she did not belong to any painting school. She was more inspired by her painter friend Eilif Peterssen .
Works (selection)
- Blått Interior. Oil painting 1883 Norwegian National Gallery
- Bygdeskomakare. Oil painting 1887 Swedish National Museum
- Kyrkotagning. Oil painting 1892
literature
- Carl Wille Schnitler : Backer, Harriet . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 322 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Søren Onsager: Harriet Backer . In: Karl Wåhlin (Ed.): Ord och bild. Illustrerad månadsskrift . 41st year. Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1932, p. 362-370 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Marit Lange: Harriet Backer . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . tape 1 : Aabel – Bjørnson . Aschehoug, Oslo 1923 ( snl.no ).
- Leif Østby: Harriet Backer . In: Norsk Kunstnerleksikon . tape 1 : AG . Univ.-Forl., Oslo 1982, ISBN 82-00-05689-9 ( snl.no ).
Web links
- Harriet Backer in Google Arts & Culture
- Bert Christensen's CyberSpace Gallery, Toronto - The Library of Thorval Boeck (picture of unknown date)
- From Tanum kirke (1891) artnet.com
- Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts - Collection of your paintings in Stavanger
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bygdeskomakare. Harriet Backer in the National Museum in 1887 .
- ↑ Kyrkotagning. Oljemålning av Harriet Backer 1892 . In: Karl Wåhlin (Ed.): Ord och bild. Illustrerad månadsskrift . 26th year. Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1917, p. 337 (illustration), and p. 340 in the text ( runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backer, Harriet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holmestrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1932 |
| Place of death | Oslo |