Charlotta Cederström
Christina Charlotta Cederström
née Mörner af Morlanda (2 March 1760 – 22 February 1832) was a Swedish dilettante artist, composer, salon
hostess, and baroness.
Cederström was an honorary member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, as well as an honorary member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts[1][2]
Life
Cederström was born on 2 March 1760 at Alvesta in Småland, Sweden. Her parents were Count Gustaf Mörner af Morlanda and Sofia Elisabet Steuch.
In 1780, Cederström married Baron Axel Ture Gyllenkrok, Cederström was the mother of
Indian ink and painted in oil. She wrote songs and composed music to them, the best known being Välkommen, o måne, min åldrige vän.[2] Cederström divorced
Gyllenkrok in 1799.
In 1800, Cederström married Baron
literary salon
and became a central figure in the city's cultural life. She exhibited oil paintings at the Swedish Academy.
In 1803, Cederström was elected an honorary member of both the Swedish and French Academies of Art.[4][5] She died on 22 February 1832.
References
- ^ Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art Dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) (in Swedish)
- ^ a b Bengt Hildebrand. "C Charlotte Cederström (f. Mörner)". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ A. Grade. "Bror Cederström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ G. Jacobson. "Gustaf A Bror Cederström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
Sources
- Wilhelmina Stålberg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (notes on Swedish women) (in Swedish)
External links
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