Elisabeth Keyser

Elisabeth Keyser
Self-Portrait, 1880
Born
Maria Helena Jolin

(1851-01-22)22 January 1851
Stockholm, Sweden
Died16 December 1898(1898-12-16) (aged 47)
Stockholm, Sweden
Known forPainting

Hilda Elisabeth Keyser (1851–1898), was a Swedish painter.

Biography

Keyser was born on 22 January 1851 in Stockholm. From 1874–78, she attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. She was taught by Swedish painter Vilhelmina Carlson. From 1878–89, she stayed mostly in Paris, where she studied for Léon Bonnat. From 1890 to 1896, she ran a painting school in Stockholm.

She exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888, 1989, and 1890. In 1893 she exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Keyser died on 16 December 1898 in Stockholm.

References

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  2. ↑ "Keyser, Elisabeth (1851 - 1898)". KulturNav. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vilhelmina Carlson". RKD. Retrieved 26 August 2018.