Anna Munthe-Norstedt

Anna Munthe-Norstedt (1901)

Anna Katarina Fredrika Munthe-Norstedt (28 July 1854, Döderhult, Småland - 17 April 1936, Helsingborg) was a Swedish painter known for still-lifes, interiors and some portraits. Her brother was the physician and writer, Axel Munthe.

Biography

Her father was an apothecary. Originally, she wanted to become an actress, but was met with solid resistance from her parents, so she decided to become a painter instead. With her father's support, she enrolled at the Slöjdskolan in Stockholm, where she studied from 1869 to 1871. She then became a student of Mårten Eskil Winge at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1871 to 1875. She also took lessons from the lithographer, Carl Oskar Cardon.[1]

In 1875, she married the landscape painter, Reinhold Norstedt, and had a daughter who died in infancy. She was advised to take up painting as a serious, full-time pursuit to assuage her grief. In 1878, they moved to Paris.

While there, she studied with Hugo Salmson and the Belgian painter, Alfred Stevens. It was during this time that she began to focus on still lifes featuring flowers. She was especially influenced by the works of Jan Davidszoon de Heem, which she saw at the Louvre.[1] In 1881, they returned to Sweden and established a studio in Stockholm. In 1883, she had a major showing at the Nordic Exhibition in Copenhagen.[1]

Following the establishment of the "Konstnärsförbundet", an association opposed to the Royal Academy, she and her husband originally supported them, but disagreed with their tactics and reluctantly chose to side with the Academy. Later, they joined a new organization that was created by disgruntled artists from both sides, but it had little influence.[1]

After her husband's death in 1911, she moved to Helsingborg. Two years later, she married Frans Siberg (1861-1924), a veterinarian.[1]

Selected paintings

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Anna Munthe-Norstedt, Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon, Riksarkivet, Nationella ArkivDatabasen. Artikel av Bo Lindwall, hämtad 2013-03-12.
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