Hedvig Erika ("Vicken") von Post Börjeson Totten (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1950) was a Swedish ceramicist, sculptor, painter, and illustrator. [1] [2] [3]
She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts with Gerhard Henning, known for his pieces produced by the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory. [4] She also studied in Paris.
She illustrated the first edition of Laura Fitinghoff’s children's book The Kids from Frostmofjället (1907). [5] She worked for the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory from the summer of 1915 to 1921, where she modelled approximately thirty figurines that were put into production. [1]
She married sculptor Börje Börjeson in 1915, and separated from him in 1920. [2] In 1921, she traveled to the United States to participate in a Washington, D.C. exhibition, [2] met and married architect George Oakley Totten Jr. [6]
Post Totten opened and operated an art school in Washington D.C. from 1921 to 1941. [7] She had an acclaimed exhibition at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1934. [2] She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists. [3]
Notable works include "Symbol of Flight" (1927), a bronze sculpture that was presented by the women of Washington, D.C. to Charles Lindbergh; [2] and eleven limestone bas-relief panels depicting the history of transportation (1932) modeled for the façade of the main post office in Waterbury, Connecticut, a building designed by her husband. [8] Several U.S. post offices contain New Deal art by Post Totten. Her plaster of Paris mural, "Pastoral of Spencer," was installed in the Spencer, West Virginia Post Office in 1938. [9] [10]
Works by her are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [11] the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, [12] and other museums.
Hedvig Erika ("Vicken") von Post Börjeson Totten (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1950) was a Swedish ceramicist, sculptor, painter, and illustrator. [1] [2] [3]
She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts with Gerhard Henning, known for his pieces produced by the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory. [4] She also studied in Paris.
She illustrated the first edition of Laura Fitinghoff’s children's book The Kids from Frostmofjället (1907). [5] She worked for the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory from the summer of 1915 to 1921, where she modelled approximately thirty figurines that were put into production. [1]
She married sculptor Börje Börjeson in 1915, and separated from him in 1920. [2] In 1921, she traveled to the United States to participate in a Washington, D.C. exhibition, [2] met and married architect George Oakley Totten Jr. [6]
Post Totten opened and operated an art school in Washington D.C. from 1921 to 1941. [7] She had an acclaimed exhibition at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1934. [2] She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists. [3]
Notable works include "Symbol of Flight" (1927), a bronze sculpture that was presented by the women of Washington, D.C. to Charles Lindbergh; [2] and eleven limestone bas-relief panels depicting the history of transportation (1932) modeled for the façade of the main post office in Waterbury, Connecticut, a building designed by her husband. [8] Several U.S. post offices contain New Deal art by Post Totten. Her plaster of Paris mural, "Pastoral of Spencer," was installed in the Spencer, West Virginia Post Office in 1938. [9] [10]
Works by her are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [11] the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, [12] and other museums.