Mimmi Zetterström

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Mimmi Zetterström, photograph before 1886
Mimmi Zetterström: Self-Portrait , 1876

Mimmi Zetterström , actually Vilhelmina Katarina Zetterström (born March 3, 1843 in Gävle ; died May 26, 1885 in Paris ), was a Swedish painter .

life and work

After finishing school, Zetterström studied art at the Kungliga Konsthögskolan in Stockholm from 1867 to 1872 . Along with Amanda Sidwall , Christine Sundberg , Anna Nordgren , Sophie Södergren and Anna Nordlander, she was one of the first women to study there. In 1872 she traveled to Paris, where she later settled. Their apartment there developed into a meeting place for the young Swedish artists living in the city. In 1875 she exhibited for the first time at the Salon de Paris . The painting Interior from Lapland shown there received good reviews and was subsequently bought by the French state. In 1878 she was represented at the Paris World Exhibition .

Zetterström's self-portrait from 1876 exemplifies how the artist dealt with the subject of the interior. Other motifs were the Swedish actor August Lindberg as Hamlet or a portrayal of Charlotte Corday before the Revolutionary Tribunal . There are also a number of genre images. In addition, she created numerous motifs from her Swedish homeland, such as the painting Dalfolk ( People from Dalarna ) from 1876. Zetterström also painted landscape views that were created in both Sweden and Sicily. Works by Zetterström can be found in the Länsmuseet Gävleborg , the Nordic Museum and the National Museum in Stockholm.

literature

  • Zetterström, Mimmi . In: Arvid Ahnfelt (Hrsg.): Europe's constituent: alfabetiskt ordade biografier öfver vårt århundrades förnämsta artister . Oskar L. Lamms Förlag, Stockholm 1887, p. 661 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Zetterström, Vilhelmina (Mimmi) Katarina . In: John Rosén (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 18 : Värja – Öynhausen . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1894, Sp. 221-222 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Georg Nordensvan: Zetterström, Vilhelmina (Mimmi) Katarina . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 33 : Väderlek – Äänekoski . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1922, Sp. 749 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • A. Holck: Zetterström, Vilhelmina (Mimmi) Katarina . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 25 : Werth – Øyslebø . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 600 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  • John Kruse : Svenskt portrait gallery. Volume 20: Arkitekter, bildhuggare, målare, tecknare, graphic artist, monster rituals and const industrialists. Hasse Tullberg, Stockholm 1901, p. 180 ( runeberg.org ).

Web links

Commons : Mimmi Zetterström  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the work of Mimmi Zetterström in the Länsmuseet Gävleborg.
  2. ↑ Information on the work of Mimmi Zetterström in the Nordic Museum.
  3. ↑ Information on the works of Mimmi Zetterström in the National Museum in Stockholm.
personal data
SURNAME Zetterström, Mimmi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zetterström, Vilhelmina Katarina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Gävle
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1885
Place of death Paris