Emma Josepha Sparre
Emma Josepha Sparre | |
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Born | Emma Munktell 29 June 1851 Grycksbo in Dalarna County, Sweden |
Died | 8 September 1913 Rättvik in Dalarna County, Sweden | (aged 62)
Nationality | Swedish |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse |
Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre
(m. 1870–1891) |
Emma Josepha Sparre ( 29 June 1851–8 September 1913) was a Swedish painter. [1]
Biography
Emma Josepha Sparre née Munktell was born at Grycksbo in Dalarna County, Sweden.[2] She was the daughter of Henrik Munktell (1804–1861) and Christina Augusta Eggertz (1818-1889). [3] She was the sister of composer Helena Munktell (1852–1919).[4]
She was married to fellow artist Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre (1839-1910) from 1870 to 1891.[5] They had a daughter, Märta Améen (1871-1940) who was also a painter.[6] [7] [8]
She attended the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm and was trained privately by August Malmström. She later studied in Düsseldorf and Rome. She also trained Paris with painters Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret and Gustave Courtois at Académie Colarossi.
Sparre exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[9] She also exhibited at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where she received an honorable mention.[10]
She returned to Sweden in the 1890s. Sparre died during 1913 in Rättvik in Dalarna County, Sweden.[2]
Her work is in the collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.[5]
Gallery
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Baroness, 1895
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Reading Girl
References
- ^ "Emma Sparre". nationalmuseum. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Emma Josepha Sparre". RKD. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Elsa-Britta Grage. "J Henrik Munktell". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Jonathan Woolf. "Helena Munktell (1852-1919)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Emma Josefa (Josepha) Sparre namn som ogift: Emma Munktell Emma Sparre". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Vem var det?". Project Runeberg (in Swedish). 1944. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Améen, Märta Augusta Carolina Emma Axelsdotter". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Annuaire général héraldique. France. 1902. p. 1016.
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External links
- Media related to Emma Sparre at Wikimedia Commons
- images of Emma Sparre's art on MutualArt