Sigrid Hjertén

Sigrid Hjertén

Sigrid Hjertén (* 27. October 1885 in Sundsvall , † 24. March 1948 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish painter of Expressionism .

Life

Sigrid Hjertén came from a wealthy merchant family and grew up in Stockholm. After completing her training as a drawing teacher, she initially planned to study textile design in England . In spring 1909 she met the painter Isaac Grünewald (1889–1946), who was already studying at the Académie Matisse at that time , and convinced her to follow him to Paris .

Matisse with students at the Académie Matisse , Paris, 1909.

During her academic years in Paris, Hjertén quickly became a favorite student ^{(individual proof required)} of Henri Matisse . Her first oil paintings, mostly nude studies and still lifes, were still heavily influenced by Paul Cézanne . After her return to Stockholm, as well as the marriage to Isaac Grünewald and the birth of their son Iván, Hjertén joined the progressive artist group De åtta (“The Eight”) as the only female member . In the spring of 1912 she exhibited her works for the first time. Hjerténs role in Swedish art life and activities of the avant-garde group De unga ( The boys ) and The Eight , can be personalized with the simultaneous movement of the 1911 "founded the Blue Rider " in Germany and here entirely the role of Gabriele Münter - the partner Wassily Kandinsky - Compare .

In the early 1920s, Hjertén and her family moved back to Paris, where they led a more secluded private life. In 1928 the first signs of impending mental illness became noticeable. In 1932 the family therefore returned to Stockholm.

Sigrid Hjertén died in 1948 at the age of 62 in a Stockholm psychiatric hospital as a result of a failed lobotomy .

Exhibitions

• 1999: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich: Sigrid Hjertén - pioneer of Swedish expressionism , July 14th - October 10th 1999

literature

• Anita Goldman: I själen alltid ren: Om Sigrid Hjertén , Stockholm (1995) ISBN 91-27-05485-3
• Annika Gunnarsson: Sigrid Hjertén , (2004) ISBN 9-1710-0724-5
• Katarina Borgh Bertorp: Sigrid Hjertén: l'hértière de Matisse du Grand Nord: heir of Matisse from the Far North , Paris (1997)
• Katarina Borgh-Bertorp: Sigrid Hjertén - Pioneer of Swedish Expressionism , Munich, Lenbachhaus (1999)
• Förord ​​and Birgitta Flensburg: Sigrid & Isaac - Sigrid Hjertén & Isaac Grunewald (2002)
• Anders Wahlgren: Sigrid & Isaac , Prisma Verlag

• Ingrid Pfeiffer, Max Hollein (eds.): Sturm-Frauen: Artists of the Avant-Garde in Berlin 1910-1932 . Wienand, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-86832-277-4 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt , October 30, 2015 to February 7, 2016).

Web links

Commons : Sigrid Hjertén  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sigrid Hjertén och Isaac Grünewald (Swedish)
• Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish)