Elisabeth Keyser Explained

Elisabeth Keyser
Birth Name:Maria Helena Jolin
Birth Date:22 January 1851
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Education:Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
Field:Painting

Hilda Elisabeth Keyser (1851–1898), was a Swedish painter.

Biography

Keyser was born on 22 January 1851 in Stockholm.[1] [2] From 1874–78, she attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. She was taught by Swedish painter Vilhelmina Carlson.From 1878–89, she stayed mostly in Paris, where she studied for Léon Bonnat. From 1890 to 1896, she ran a painting school in Stockholm.[1] [3]

She exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888, 1989, and 1890.[1] In 1893 she exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

Keyser died on 16 December 1898 in Stockholm.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elisabeth Keyser (1851-1898) . RKD . 26 August 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: Keyser, Elisabeth (1851 - 1898) . KulturNav . 26 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Vilhelmina Carlson . RKD . 26 August 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 26 August 2018.