Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (10 February 1864,
Kalmar
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– 21 August 1939,
Västervik
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) was a Swedish painter who specialized in landscapes and scenes with figures.
Life and career
She was the daughter of businessman John Roosval and Johanna Kramer. Her father's family produced several notables in the world of the creative arts, including her maternal uncles, the art historian
Johnny Roosval and early filmmaker .
Roosval-Kallstenius grew up in Kalmar and was sent to
Montreux
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after completing her girls' school, where she deepened her French skills and gained artistic inspiration. After returning to Kalmar in June 1881, she was taught drawing and painting by Christine Sundberg, one of the first women to study at the
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
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. In 1884, Roosval-Kallstenius moved to Stockholm to study at the Technical School (now
Konstfack
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the eth ...
) until 1885. At this time she received guidance in painting from
Ferdinand Stoopendaal. These preparatory studies eventually resulted in her being admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in the autumn of 1886.
In 1891 she married fellow painter
Gottfrid Kallstenius.
Their son, , also became an artist.
After her husband received a scholarship, they went to Paris and settled at the Swedish art colony at
Grez-sur-Loing
Grez-sur-Loing (, literally ''Grez on Loing''; formerly Grès-en-Gâtinais, literally ''Grès in Gâtinais'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in north-central France. It is 6 km north o ...
. While there, she continued her training with
Raphaël Collin
Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (; 17 June 1850 – 21 October 1916) was a French painter born and raised in Paris, where he became a prominent academic painter and a teacher. He is principally known for the links he created between French and Ja ...
.
After traveling to Italy, the couple returned to Sweden in 1896.
Death
She died on 21 August 1939 in
Västervik
Västervik is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland.
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. Her work is held by the major museums of Sweden, such as the
Nationalmuseum
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The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the Natio ...
in Stockholm
Paintings by Roosval-Kallstenius
@ the Nationalmuseum. the and the .
Picture gallery
Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius - Parklandskap med sittande herre och hund.jpg, Parkland with Sitting Man and Dog (1890)
Porträtt av fru K x Elisabeth Warling.jpg, ''Portrait of Mrs K.'' (performed by Elisabeth Warling)
R-Kallstenius-Summer.png, ''Summer Day - Cold Weather'' (Le Pouldu, Bretagne 1891)
Paris in the Spring (Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius) - Nationalmuseum - 19926.tif, ''Paris in the Spring'' (1892)
Gerda Roosval - Kallstenius - John Eating.jpg, '' The artist's son John eats while his nanny Selma is standing by.'' (Borsö, c:1896)
R-Kallstenius-Dominoes.png, ''Playing Dominoes'' (1912)
Porträtt av konstnärinnan Astrid Setterwall Ångström (1895-1982) (Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius) - Nationalmuseum - 101585.tif, ''Portrait of Astrid Setterwall Ångström '' (1914)
Gerda Roosval - Kallstenius - Portrait of Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl 1918.jpg, ''Portrait of Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl'' (1918)
R-Kallstenius-Cliff.png, ''Cliff Bathing'' (1931)
References
Further reading
* Charlotte Klingberg, ''En blå hyacint i Paris: Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius, hennes värld och verk'', Rönnells antikvariat, 2009,
* ''Svenska konstnärer, Biografisk handbok'', Väbo förlag, 1987, pg.262,
External links
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More works by Roosval-Kallstenius
@ ArtNet
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1864 births
1939 deaths
19th-century Swedish painters
20th-century Swedish painters
20th-century Swedish women artists
People from Kalmar
19th-century Swedish women painters