Anna Schønheyder Explained

Anna Schønheyder
Birth Date:28 August 1877
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:painter and textile artist

Anna Schønheyder (28 August 1877  - 11 April 1927) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist.

Biography

She was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway to Diderik Christian Sommerschild Schønheyder and Marie Kathinka Maurer, and was married to engineer Wilhelm Andreas Hartmann.She trained at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry under Johan Nordhagen during 1900 and in the period 1905–09. She was a student of Harriet Backer and Oluf Wold-Torne and in 1903–04 with Viggo Johansen and Joakim Skovgaard. Schønheyder made her debut at the Autumn Exhibition at Oslo in 1902.

She is represented in the National Gallery of Norway with the paintings Vågå kirke før gudstjenesten (c.1906) and Pikekammeret på Lye i Vågå (c.1907).[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Anna Schønheyder . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 21 October 2017.
  2. Encyclopedia: Anna Schønheyder . Norsk kunstnerleksikon . Anne . Aaserud . Oslo . Norwegian . 21 October 2017.