Júlíana Sveinsdóttir
Icelandic painter (1889–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Júlíana Sveinsdóttir (31 July 1889 – 17 April 1966) was one of Iceland's first female painters and textile artists. Taught initially by prominent Icelandic artist Þórarinn B. Þorláksson, Júlíana settled in Denmark and returned to Iceland in the summers, the visits inspiring her landscape paintings, one of which won the Eckersberg Medal in 1947.
Júlíana Sveinsdóttir | |
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Born | (1889-07-31)31 July 1889 Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland |
Died | 17 April 1966 Denmark |
Nationality | Icelandic / Danish |
Known for | Painting Textile arts mosaic |
Notable work | From the Westman Islands (1947) |
Júlíana was an active supporter of artists and the arts. She was an early member of the Danish Female Artists' Society, and sat on the boards of the Charlottenborg Exhibition and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Though best known for her painting, Júlíana Sveinsdóttir was also a significant artist working in textiles, her commissions including a rug that decorated the court chamber of the Supreme Court in Copenhagen.