Anna Catharina Nordlander (28 October 1843 – 26 February 1879), was a Swedish painter. She is known for her portraits and her depictions of genre- nature- and folk life: she is also counted as a pioneer in the illustration of the lives of the

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(''Skogssamar'') of northern Sweden.

Biography

Anna Nordlander was born in the vicarage at

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024. The city is historically industrial, with mining ...

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, Sweden to Nils Nordlander (1796–1874) and Anna Maria Gestrin. Her father was parish

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and in 1841 among the founders of the town of

. She studied at the

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(1866) under

Jean-François Portaels Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgium, Belgian Painting, painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and orientalism, orientalist subjects. He was also a teacher and directo ...

in Brussels and at the

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

in Paris. Nordlander is represented in several Swedish museums including the

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in Stockholm. She was not particularly acknowledged until the late 20th-century. Her artistic pursuit first attracted broader attention posthumously. Nordlander died in

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at 36 years old.

Museum Anna Nordlander

Museum Anna Nordlander (MAN) in Skellefteå, founded in 1995, is named in her honor. The museum is an independent department within Skellefteå museum, a cultural history museum with operations in Malå, Norsjö and Skellefteå municipalities. MAN manages a number of works by Anna Nordlander in their collection. These are permanently on display at Stiftsgården Skellefteå in the building where Anna Nordlander grew up. The museum has also founded the annual Anna Nordlander Award (''Anna Nordlander-priset'').

References

Other Sources

*Barbro Werkmäster (1993) ''Anna Nordlander och hennes samtid'' (Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell)

External links

Museum Anna Nordlander websiteStiftsgården Skellefteå website
* 1843 births 1879 deaths People from Skellefteå 19th-century Swedish painters Sámi studies Artists from Västerbotten County {{Sweden-painter-stub

Biography

Museum Anna Nordlander

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