Elisabeth Keyser

Swedish artist (1851–1898)

Elisabeth Keyser
Self-Portrait, 1880
Born	Maria Helena Jolin (1851-01-22)22 January 1851 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	16 December 1898(1898-12-16) (aged 47) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Known for	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.^[3] 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]^[4]

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.^[3]

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

Gallery

French peasant girl with milk pans
Day dreams
Fångsten bärgas - Arildsläge
A Confirmand in Normandy, 1889
Hilda Fredrika Keyser, Author, 1889

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Elisabeth Keyser (1851-1898)". RKD. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ "Keyser, Elisabeth (1851 - 1898)". KulturNav. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ "Vilhelmina Carlson". RKD. Retrieved 26 August 2018.