Victorine Nordenswan
portrait of Victorine Nordenswan
Victorine Nordenswan (c. 1860s)
Born
Hildur Antoinette Viktorine[note 1] Nordenswan[1]

(1838-06-14)14 June 1838
Hämeenlinna, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died25 August 1872(1872-08-25) (aged 34)
Hämeenlinna
Alma materRoyal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
MovementDüsseldorf school of painting
AwardsDukaattipalkinto (1865, 1867)
  1. ^ Shown in different sources alternatively as Victorine or Viktorine

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.[2]

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.[2] However, she died of tuberculosis at age 34.[2]

Nordenswan trained at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1860–1862, and from 1864 onwards in Düsseldorf.[1][3] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Gallery

  • Painting of St. John the Evangelist
    St. John the Evangelist (1866)
  • Painting of Women Mourning at Christ’s Grave
    Women Mourning at Christ’s Grave (1868)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nordenswan, Viktorine". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Nordenswan, Victorine (1838-1872)". Kansallisbiografia.fi (in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Victorine Nordenswan". Artist Register. Artists' Association of Finland. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Women Mourning at Christ's Grave". Finnish National Gallery. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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