Aasta Hansteen
Aasta Hansteen, also known as Hasta Hanseen (born December 10, 1824 – April 13, 1908), was a
Life and career
Aasta Hansteen was born in
She returned to Norway and settled in Christiania where she, for several years, was in demand as the city's only portrait artist. Her most famous painting is possibly the portrait of her father, which is on permanent exhibit at the
painted by Aasta Hansteen (1853)
Overwhelmed by the interest in her portraits, she resigned from her craft for several years and moved to Telemark, where she developed an interest in Norwegian dialects. When she moved back to Christiania, she studied with the linguist Ivar Aasen. In 1862 she published anonymously a small book written in Nynorsk and had the distinction of being the first woman to publish in this language.[5]
Together with her foster daughter Theodora Nielsen, she sailed from Christiania on April 9, 1880. She lived in the United States for nine years (1880-1889). She spent six and a half years in the Boston area and two and a half years in the Midwest, primarily Chicago. Aasta Hansteen met or observed such leading reformers on the time as Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Mary Livermore, and Wendell Phillips. Her initial income came from writing for the Christiania-based newspaper Verdens Gang, which she supplemented by painting portraits on commission. Among others, Norwegian reformer and editor Marcus Thrane sat for his portrait. In 1889, she returned to Norway with a renewed interest in the women's movement. She joined the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening) and became an active contributor in the press on women's rights.[6][7]
Hansteen died in Kristiania, modern-day Oslo.
Hansteen was a vocal critic of the Judeo-Christian and Pauline perception of women, which she felt was denigrating of women's spiritual worth. She was a strong and controversial personality, who frequented cafes and markets on her own, and became one of the more colorful fixtures in Oslo.[8]
Legacy
The Aasta Hansteen gas field came on stream 16 December 2018. The Aasta Hansteen field is located in 1 300 metres of water in the Vøring area in the Norwegian Sea, 300 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen. Its floating platform is higher than the Eiffel tower. [1]
Selected works
- Skrift og Umskrift i Landsmaalet, 1862
- Kvindens stilling i Verden, i Nordisk Maanedsskrift for folkelig og kristelig Oplysning, 1871
- Kvinden skabt i Guds Billede, 1878
- Kristi kirke i det nittende aarhundrede, 1897
- Dikt i (Ivar Aasens) landsmaal. 1862–67, 1908
References
- ^ Commemoratives of Famous Women (Notable Women International)
- ^ Aasta Hansteen (Lill-Ann Jensen, Store norske leksikon)
- ^ Portrait of Aasta Hansteen (The Promise of America)
- ^ Aasta Hansteen. 1824 - 1908(Art Experts, Inc.)
- ^ Aasta Hansteen (Kristin Natvig Aas, Store norske leksikon)
- ^ "The Best Place on Earth for Women: The American Experience of Aasta Hansteen (Janet E. Rasmussen. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 31: Page 245)". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ Hvorfor er vårt symbol en solsikke? (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening)
- ^ Kavanaugh, Desiree. "Dolls House Educational Packet". SUNY Oswego. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009.
- ^ "Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907): "A perfectly plain woman? (Camilla Hambro. The Kapralova Society Journal. 2009)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ Nina Sundbye (Store norske leksikon)
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