Anna Sahlström
Hanna (Anna) Maria Sahlström (1876–1956) was a Swedish painter and
Biography
Born on 7 January 1876 on a farm near Fryksände, Hanna Maria Sahlström was the daughter of the forester and politician Per Sahlström (1834–1917) and his wife Marit née Nilsdotter. She was one of the family's eight children. After attending her village school and the girls' school in Karlstad, it was not until 1905 that thanks to the efforts of her brother Bror, who was a designer, that she was able to begin painting classes with Richard Bergh at the Konstnärsförbundet school. She was one of several women studying at the school at the time, such as Elsa Giöbel-Oyler and Eva Jancke-Björk. Her teacher Karl Nordström encouraged her to develop her engraving skills in order to create woodcuts. As a result, she trained under Tekla Nordström. Still interested in painting, from 1907 she spent a couple of years furthering her training in painting under Karl Nordstöm.[1]
For the rest of her life, she created both paintings and woodcuts. While her paintings were mainly portraits, her woodcuts depicted landscape scenes including Myr (1910), Skära hafre (1912), Fårklippning (1915) and Regnet hotar (1930).
Anna Sahlström died on 13 February 1956 in Torsby, aged 80.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Wallin Wictorin, Margareta (2 March 2020). "Hanna (Anna) Maria Sahlström". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Anna Sahlström" (in Swedish). Konstnärslexikonett Amanda. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Modellen: Anna Sahlström 1876-1956" (in Swedish). Sahlströmsgården. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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