Selma Göbel ( Swede. Selma Giöbel , full name Selma Levina Giöbel ; 1843 - 1925 ) - Swedish textile artist. [one]
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Initially, she was a sculptor , but later switched to painting on textiles, and also created patterns for wallpaper and carpets . One of the founders of the women's community, created in 1885.
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Literature
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Born July 10, 1843 in Lena Erebrow, the family of Carl Fredrik Gööbel ( Carl Fredrik Giöbel ) and Lovisa Jansson ( Lovisa Jansson ).
Selma received her art education in the 1870s at the Stockholm art school Konstfack , where she studied woodcarving. After that, she worked as an engraver, seamstress and textile artist. Then she continued her education at the London school of South Kensington School of Art , as well as in France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
In 1885, together with Berta Hübner, she opened a wood art shop called the Swedish Art Exhibition, which presented and sold Swedish art crafts: paintings, wooden sculptures, forged metal products, embroideries, jewelry, folk costumes and other works. This store was popularly called "Giöbels" , over the years it expanded and moved to different places in Stockholm. An antiques department and an exhibition hall appeared in it, and Selma's brother Carl ( Carl Albert Giöbel ) ran the store.
In 1874, she became a member of the Handarbetets vänner Association of Handicraft Friends and until 1885 sat on her council and also worked as a teacher. She was a representative of the association at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878, where she received a silver medal. Selma Goebel also participated in several other exhibitions in Sweden and abroad. At the World Columbia Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, she represented Sweden as a self-employed woman, as well as a representative of the Swedish Women's Committee, which was under the patronage of Queen Sofia . Samples of her textile art were exhibited at the Stockholm exhibition in 1897 ( Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen ). In 1885-1895, Selma chaired the New Idun Association Council [2] ; after resignation, Anna Billing replaced her.
Selma Göbel left Sweden in 1898 and settled in Italy. Here she continued to create tapestries and achieved great success, creating beautiful textile patterns. Her clients included the German industrial Krupp family. Berta Hübner continued to work in Stockholm at the Swedish Art Exhibition. Goebel was abroad in 1907. Returning to Sweden in 1907, she settled in Wadsten, where she opened a weaving school and textile studio; many of her most significant works have been performed here. In 1908, together with her colleague M. Alvin began to engage in embroidery and work with lace . At an art exhibition in 1909, Goebel exhibited a tapestry “Vadstena klosterträdgård” and a carpet “Vätterns is” - the latter was bought by renowned writer Karl Gustav Heydenstam .
Died April 4, 1925 in Wadsten. Her niece was also the artist Elsa Goebel-Oiler .
Selma Goebel's works are exhibited at the National Museum of Sweden in Stockholm . She was awarded the Illis Quorum Award in 1898.
Literature
- Du Rietz, Anita . Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013.