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Hedvig Eleonora Hamilton (9 December 1870 – 11 December 1949) was a
She painted portraits, self portraits, and landscapes with Stockholm motifs in oil and watercolor. She attended the in
Swedish
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portrait painter working in watercolour and oils.
Life
Hamilton was born inLund
Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...
in 1870.
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...
She painted portraits, self portraits, and landscapes with Stockholm motifs in oil and watercolor. She attended the in Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
. She studied further with the artist Richard Burgh
Richard Burgh (; ; 1725 – September 1762) was an Irish barrister and politician who was MP for Naas (1759–1762).
Biography
Burgh was the son of the military engineer and architect Colonel Thomas Burgh MP and his wife, Mary Smyth. He was ...
in Stockholm under Richard Bergh
Sven Richard Bergh (28 December 1858 – 29 January 1919) was a Swedish painter, art critic and museum manager. Despite many years in France, he remained unattracted to Impressionism, preferring instead the Naturalism of painters such as Jule ...
. She studied further in France and Germany.
Hamilton died in Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
in 1949. She was buried locally.
References
1870 births 1949 deaths 19th-century Swedish women artists 20th-century Swedish women artists Swedish women painters Swedish painters Artists from Lund {{Sweden-painter-stub