Emma Chadwick

Emma Chadwick
Born Hilma Amalia Löwstädt
(1855-08-10)10 August 1855
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 2 January 1932(1932-01-02) (aged 76)
Avignon, France
Nationality Swedish
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Francis Brooks Chadwick

Emma Chadwick, née Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (10 August 1855, Stockholm – 2 January 1932, Avignon), was a Swedish painter.

Biography

Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick; portrait by her husband

She was the granddaughter of Carl Theodor Lowstadt, a miniature painter and printmaker. She was born in Stockholm where she was trained at the art academy.[1] She travelled to Paris to finish her studies and had success at the salon there.[1] In the summer she spent time at the art colony in Grez-sur-Loing, attracted there by painters such as Carl Larsson and other swedes that she knew from Sweden.

It was in Grez where she met the American painter Francis Brooks Chadwick. They married and bought an inn there and were host to many artists in the summertime. While her husband painted mostly locally, Emma enjoyed travelling and painted scenes from their travels. She knew Anders Zorn from her days at the academy and met him and his wife Emma in Cornwall.

She is known for portraits and genre works.[2] Chadwick exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

She died in Avignon.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Emma HA Löwstädt Chadwick in the Swedish biographical archives
  2. 1 2 Emma Chadwick in the RKD
  3. ↑ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 2 August 2018.


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