Sophie Adolfina Adlersparre ( Swede. Sophie Adlersparre ; March 6, 1808 - March 23, 1862 ) - Swedish artist.
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Biography
Sofia Adolfina Adlerspare was born on March 6, 1808 in the Swedish commune of Mörbülong. Sofia Adlerspare's father is a Lutheran noble, Axel Adlersparre (1763-1838), governor of the island of Eland , mother - Carolina von Arbin. Interest in the visual arts was manifested in their daughter's childhood. Initially, the girl studied painting with the artist K. F. Pedersen, who fell on the island of Eland after a shipwreck. In 1830, the family moved to Stockholm . Sofia received an art education from the artists Karl Gustav Kvarnstrem (1810-1867), Johan Gustav Sandberg and Olaf Johan Sedermark (1790-1848). She made her debut as an artist in 1836, when the crown princess, Josephine Leuchtenberg , the future Queen of Sweden, commissioned her with her portrait.
To study the art of painting, Adlerspare made several trips to Germany, Italy and France. In the 1839-1840s, she studied in Paris with Leon Konye , met with artists Karl Walbom and Per Wickenberg . Upon returning to Sweden, she opened a drawing school, where among her students was the Swedish artist Amalia Lindegren .
In 1845, the Queen of Sweden paid Sofia for further studies in Paris; In 1845-1846, she studied in Dresden with German artists Johan Christian Klausen Dahl and Caspar David Friedrich , and copied paintings by old masters. In 1851-1855 she lived and studied in the cities of Munich , Bologna , Florence and Rome. In Rome, she was a member of the Swedish and German colony of artists, participated in the Nazarene movement , led by the artist Friedrich Overbeck . In Rome, Sofia Adlerspare converted to Catholicism (was a native of the Lutheran family), painted a portrait of Pope Pius IX. In her works of these years, the influence of romanticism and painting by the artist Raphael was felt. Sophia Adlersparre copied the paintings of famous painters, including the paintings of the artist Chigoli (Lodovico Cardi) "This Man" and Marcantonio Franceschini "The Death of Joseph." In 1855, Adlerspare traveled to Sweden, where her works were exhibited at the Royal Palace.
In 1862, Adlerspare returned for permanent residence in Sweden. There she was assigned a pension from Litteratörernas och Artisternas pensionsförening. Soon after receiving the first payment, the artist died.
Currently, Sofia Adolfina Adlerspare’s paintings are kept in the Stockholm City Museum , the National Museum of Sweden (“Princess Josephine”, 1841; “Portrait of Oscar the First”, 1846; “Axel von Arbin and Henrietta”, 1858, etc.), in Krageholm Castle and in private collections. A number of portraits of members of the royal family, a portrait of Pius IX are in the royal collections.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 RKDartists
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Sophie Adolphine Adlersparre - 1917.
- ↑ 1 2 Ås (Kalmar län) kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE / VALA / 00464 / AI / 1 (1806-1822), bildid: C0029441_00198
- ↑ Sofia Adolfina Adlersparre - 2006. - ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 978-0-19-989991-3
- ↑ artist list of the National Museum of Sweden - 2016.
- ↑ https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/479
Gallery
Sofia Adlerspare. Double portrait
Woman portrait
Woman portrait
Portrait of a man
Henrietta Fredrik von Arbin (1852-1880) and Axel Otto Fredrik von Arbin (1853-1906)
Josephine (1807-1876), Princess Leuchtenberg, Queen of Sweden
Literature
- Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare . Lund: Signum 1990. ( ISBN 91-87896-03-6 ) (Swedish) (Swedish)
- Stålberg, Wilhelmina & PG Berg. Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor 1864-1866 (Swedish) (Swedish)
- Källor: Dagbok, i sammandrag meddelad av Sofie Leijonhufvud i Tidskr. för hemmet, Årg. 5-6, 1863-64;
- Kvinnornas egen konstutställning (Idun, 1911, s. 146); J. Roosval, Svenskt konstgalleri (1912);
- Ida Trotzig, Sophie Adlersparre (Idun, 1911, s. 406);
- Svenska konstnärinnors utställning 1-30 mars 1911. Kataloe.