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Anna Amalia von Helvig (August 16, 1776 – September 17, 1831) was a German and Swedish artist, writer, translator, socialite, Salonist and culture personality. She is known as an inspiration for many artists. She was a member of the
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.


Biography

She was born to
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Carl Christoph von Imhoff of the aristocratic
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and Luise von Schardt, the niece of Charlotte von Stein. In 1791, she was introduced to the court of
Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 June 1828), was the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political un ...
in
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, where she belonged to the court of Charles' mother Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was given a good artistic education and was encouraged by
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and
Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...
to write poems. Married in 1803 to General Karl Gottfried von Helvig, she moved to
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in 1804, where she established a
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and became a known personality in the capital's cultural life. She was elected to the Academy of Arts in 1804 and took part in several of its exhibitions between 1804 and 1810. She returned to Germany in 1810, but spent the years from 1814 to 1816 in Sweden, where she resided in
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as a part of the circle around the salonist
Malla Silfverstolpe Magdalena Sofia "Malla" Silfverstolpe (''née'' Montgomery; 8 February 1782 – 17 January 1861) was a Sweden, Swedish writer and Salon (gathering), salon hostess. Her house in Uppsala was a meeting place for many prominent writers, composers ...
. Her friendship with
Erik Gustaf Geijer Erik Gustaf Geijer (12 January 1783 – 23 April 1847) was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism. He was an influentia ...
and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom has been much discussed, and she is portrayed as a source of inspiration for many artists; she held a correspondence with Swedish artists after she returned to Germany. In
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, she established one of the most important literary salons of the early 19th century.


In culture

Carina Burman portraits the relationship between Amalia von Helvig and Gustaf Geijer in the novel ''Islandet'' (2001).


See also

* Christina Charlotta Cederström *
List of German women artists This is a list of women artists who were born in Germany or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A * Louise Abel (1841–1907), German-born Norwegian photographer * Tomma Abts (born 1967), abstract painter * Elisabeth von Ad ...


References


Sources

* Österberg, Carin et al., ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare'' (Swedish women) Lund: Signum 1990. () * Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952)


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Helvig, Amalia von 1776 births 1831 deaths 19th-century German women writers German socialites German salon-holders 19th-century Swedish writers 18th-century Swedish translators 18th-century German writers German women artists Swedish women artists 18th-century German women writers 19th-century German writers 19th-century Swedish women writers 18th-century Swedish women writers Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire