Ulrika Melin
Ulrika Melin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1767 |
| Died | 1834 (aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Known for | Textile Art |
| Spouse |
Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva
(m. 1788) |
Ulrika Melin (1767 – 1834) was a Swedish textile artist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.
Born to major Lars Melin and sister to general major Henrik Georg Melin, and married to the governor of Västerås Castle, Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva, in 1788. Melin was a textile artist with "an unusual ability to sew landskapes".[1] In 1784, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts for a work in white sateen inspired by the work of Claude Lorrain.
See also
References
- ^ Anteckningar om svenska qvinno
- Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
- Dahlberg och Hagström: Svenskt konstlexikon. Allhems Förlag (1953) Malmö.
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- Swedish women artists
- Swedish textile artists
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
- 1767 births
- 1834 deaths
- 18th-century Swedish people
- 19th-century Swedish people
- Women textile artists
- 18th-century Swedish artists
- 19th-century Swedish artists
- 19th-century women textile artists
- 18th-century women textile artists