Katarina Erlandsdotter (1771–1848) was a Swedish artist (tapestry maker).
Daughter of the gardener Erland Hallberg and Anna Maria Kristoffersdotter and the sister of
Sven Erlandsson (1768–1853) and
Lisa Erlandsdotter (1771–1848); the three siblings all became known as artists, and are counted among the most prominent within their craft in 18th-century Sweden.
[Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) ] Katarina made
bonadsmålning, a Swedish art form, which is a type of painted tapestry of textile used for decoration, largely among the peasantry.
Katarina lived her entire life in the countryside at
MÃ¥rdaklev
Svenljunga is a locality and the seat of Svenljunga Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It b ...
in
Älvsborgs län.
References
* Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952)
1771 births
1848 deaths
People from Svenljunga Municipality
18th-century Swedish women artists
19th-century Swedish textile artists
18th-century Swedish textile artists
19th-century Swedish women textile artists
18th-century women textile artists
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