| Victorine Nordenswan | |
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 Victorine Nordenswan (c. 1860s) | |
| Born | Hildur Antoinette Viktorine Nordenswan (1838-06-14)14 June 1838 Hämeenlinna, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Died | 25 August 1872(1872-08-25) (aged 34) Hämeenlinna |
| Alma mater | Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Movement | Düsseldorf school of painting |
| Awards | Dukaattipalkinto (1865, 1867) |
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Victorine Nordenswan (1838—1872) was a Finnish painter in the Düsseldorf tradition, specialising in religious themes, and notable as one of the first professional female artists of Finland.
Visual art in the mid-19th century was male-dominated, but Nordenswan was considered to be exceptionally talented, and widely expected to make a significant career as an artist. However, she died of tuberculosis at age 34.
Nordenswan trained at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1860–1862, and from 1864 onwards in Düsseldorf. Her public debut was in 1861, and she won in the Finnish Art Society's Ducat Contest [fi] the second prize in 1865, followed by the first prize in 1867.
Among her best-known works are St. John the Evangelist (1866) and Women Mourning at Christ’s Grave (1868), both today housed at the Finnish National Gallery.
Gallery
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St. John the Evangelist (1866)
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Women Mourning at Christ’s Grave (1868)
References
- ^ "Nordenswan, Viktorine". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Nordenswan, Victorine (1838-1872)". Kansallisbiografia.fi (in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Victorine Nordenswan". Artist Register. Artists' Association of Finland. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- "Women Mourning at Christ's Grave". Finnish National Gallery. Retrieved 7 August 2021.