Emma Chadwick, née Emma Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (10 August 1855,

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– 2 January 1932,

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), was a

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painter who specialized in

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scenes and portraits.

Biography

She was the granddaughter of

Carl Teodor Löwstädt Carl Teodor Löwstädt (16 September 1787 – 16 June 1829) was a Swedish printmaker and artist. He was born in Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania. Works by him were exhibited in exhibitions at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1813, 1815 and ...

, an artist and printmaker who was originally from

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. Her father, was a master tailor. She began her artistic education at the

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, then studied at the

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from 1874 to 1880.Emma HA Löwstädt Chadwick
in the Swedish biographical archives In 1881, after having spent the previous summers on the French coast, she went to Paris to finish her studies at the

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with Jean Charles Cazin and

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. She had her first showing at the

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her first year there. She eventually settled in at the Swedish artists' colony in

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, where she met her husband, the American painter

Francis Brooks Chadwick Francis Brooks Chadwick (January 1, 1850–1942/43), was an American painter active in France. He was born in Boston and studied at Harvard, and to pursue his interest in art he attended the Académie Julian in Paris. He was friends with the ...

. They married and bought an inn there in 1887, which became a popular meeting place for the expatriate artists, They had three children including Louise Read Chadwick, wife of Squadron Leader

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. Five years later, they built a villa on the same property. While living there, she travelled extensively, visiting Brittany with her friend,

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, and accompanying her husband on trips to Spain, North Africa, Italy, the United States and England. When an old friend from the Academy,

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, came to visit, he remarked that she was beginning to forget how to speak Swedish. She also gradually switched from painting to etching and became a member of the (Graphic Society) when it was created in 1910.Emma Chadwick
in the

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She exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois and continued to participate in exhibits at the Salon until 1924. A major retrospective of her work was arranged in 1940 by and shown at his gallery. Her sister,

Eva Löwstädt-Åström Eva Matilda Löwstädt-Åström (5 May 1864 – 5 May 1942) was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Several different dates and years are given for her birth. This one is taken from her tombstone. Biography Eva Matilda Löwstädt was born in ...

, was also a well known artist. Chadwick was included in the 2018 exhibit ''Women in Paris 1850-1900''.

Selected paintings

File:EChadwick-Sea.jpg, Off to Sea File:EChadwick-Cards.jpg, The Card Party File:EChadwick-Resting.jpg, Resting File:EChadwick-Husband.jpg, Portrait of her husband

File:Eva_Löwstädt-Åström_(1864_-_1942).jpg, Portrait of her sister

References

External links

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Biography
@ the '' Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon''
Emma Lowstadt-Chadwick
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chadwick, Emma 1855 births 1932 deaths Courmes family Artists from Stockholm 19th-century Swedish painters 20th-century Swedish painters 20th-century Swedish women painters 19th-century Swedish women painters

Biography

Selected paintings

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