Elsa Jernås

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]

Elsa Jernås
Born	10 September 1895 Masthuggs församling, Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	December 1979(1979-12-00) (aged 84) Seville, Spain
Nationality	Swedish
Spouse	Gustavo Bacarisas

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.