| Elsa Jernås | |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Masthuggs församling, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Death Place: | Seville, Spain |
| Spouse: | Gustavo Bacarisas |
Elsa Oskaria Jernås Bacarisas (10 September 1895[1] - December 1979 [2]) was a Swedish graphic artist, painter and costume designer born in Masthuggs Parish, Gothenburg.[3] She was married to Gibraltarian painter Gustavo Bacarisa.[4]
She was born in Gothenburg on 10 September 1895 to Gustaf Oskar Jernås (then Johansson) and Ida Dahlström.[5] Jernås studied art at Gothenburg's School of Design and Crafts and after her studies was active as a costume designer at various theaters in Gothenburg and Stockholm, including at the Royal Swedish Opera, where she met her future husband in connection with the 1922 staging of Carmen.[6]
After their marriage, the couple moved to Spain, settling in Madrid in 1933. In 1936, as a result of the Spanish Civil War they moved to Gibraltar. During World War II, they spent several years in Funchal, Madeira (1940––1945), finally settling in Seville in 1947.[7] With reference to her work there, the Andalucian specialist Jose de las Cuevas was quoted by Jose Riquelme Sanchez in the magazine Almoraima as having commented: "Elsa... dibujaba burillos deliciosas" (Elsa drew wonderful engravings).[8]
Jernås held a solo exhibition of about fifty works in Barcelona in 1926. Her art consists of landscapes from Sweden and Spain depicted in charcoal drawings, oils, watercolors and lithographs.