Victorine North Swan

Hildur Antoinette Victorine Nordenswan (born June 14, 1838 in Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Grand Duchy of Finland ; † August 25, 1872 ibid) was a Finnish history painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Nordenswan was born as the third child and second daughter of the Counselor Johan Henrik Nordenswan (1801–1862) and his wife Jacobina Fredrica von Numers (1808–1879). After the girls' school in Hämeenlinna, Nordenswan attended the art school of Berndt Godenhjelm (1799–1881) and Erik Johan Löfgren in the early 1860s , possibly also the private lessons of a professor at the Stockholm Art Academy . In 1864 she went to Düsseldorf , where she became a private student of Otto Mengelberg and Eduard Gebhardt . Nordenswan traveled back to Finland in the winters of 1867/1869 and 1869/1870 as well as during the Franco-Prussian War . She received grants and awards for her talent and achievements, including a prize from the Finnish Art Association in 1869. Tuberculosis of the lungs forced her to return to Finland in 1872, where she died on August 25th.

Works (selection)

John the Evangelist , 1866, National Gallery of Finland , Helsinki

The Mourning Women at the Tomb of Christ , 1868, National Gallery of Finland, Helsinki

literature

John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins: Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings . Charles Sribner's Sons, New York 1913, Volume 3, p. 352

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international charisma . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 437
↑ Victorine Nordenswan , website in the hamewiki.fi portal , accessed on April 16, 2016
↑ St. John the Evangelist , illustration and data on the painting The Evangelist John in the portal kokoelmat.fng.fi (Finnish National Gallery)
↑ Women Mourning at Christ's Grave , image and data for the painting The mourning women at the grave of Christ in the portal kokoelmat.fng.fi (Finnish National Gallery)

personal data
SURNAME	North Swan, Victorine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nordenswan, Hildur Antoinette Victorine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish history painter from the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Grand Duchy of Finland
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1872
Place of death	Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Grand Duchy of Finland

[1] Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international charisma . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 437

[2] Victorine Nordenswan , website in the hamewiki.fi portal , accessed on April 16, 2016

[3] St. John the Evangelist , illustration and data on the painting The Evangelist John in the portal kokoelmat.fng.fi (Finnish National Gallery)

[4] Women Mourning at Christ's Grave , image and data for the painting The mourning women at the grave of Christ in the portal kokoelmat.fng.fi (Finnish National Gallery)