Wilhelmina Lagerholm
Wilhelmina Lagerholm | |
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| Born | 25 March 1826 |
| Died | 19 June 1917 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
Wilhelmina Catharina Lagerholm(1826–1917) was a Swedish painter and an early professional female photographer. After first studying and practising painting, she turned mainly to photography in 1862, opening a studio inÖrebroin central Sweden.[1][2]
Life[edit]
Born on 25 March 1826 in Örebro, Lagerholm was the daughter of the surveyor Nils Fredrik Wilhelm Lagerholm and his wife Anna Elisabeth Ekman.[3]She studied art inStockholm,ParisandDüsseldorf,becoming proficient as a portraitist. From 1862 to 1871, she worked as a photographer in Örebro but then moved to Stockholm where she became a portrait and genre painter. In 1871, she became a member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts.[1]
Lagerholm died in Stockholm on 19 June 1917.[3]She is remembered as one of Sweden's earliest professional female professional along withEmma SchensoninUppsala,Hilda SjölininMalmöandRosalie SjömaninStockholm.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Lagerholm, Vilhelmina".Nordisk familjebok(in Swedish). 1911.Retrieved12 May2016.
- ^abDahlman, Eva."Kvinnliga pionjärer osynliga i fotohistorien"(in Swedish). Tidskrift för genusvetenskap: University of Gothenburg.Retrieved11 May2016.
- ^ab"Wilhelmina Catharina Lagerholm"(in Swedish). Slektshistorie: Haugland, Skurdal, Musland, Sandvik.Retrieved12 May2016.
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