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Saksalainen maisema, ( lit. 'German landscape') (1860)
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Olavinlinna (undated)
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Jokimaisema ( lit. 'River view') (after 1868)
Victoria Åberg | |
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Born | Ulrika Victoria Åberg
[1] 24 February 1824 [1] |
Died | 15 July 1892[1] | (aged 68)
Movement | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Awards |
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Victoria Åberg (24 February 1824 – 15 July 1892) was a Finnish landscape painter in the Düsseldorf tradition, notable as one of the first Finnish women to achieve a sustained professional career as an artist. [2] [3]
Åberg began training at the Finnish Art Society Drawing School (Suomen Taideyhdistyksen Piirustuskoulu) as part of its first cohort in its opening year, 1848. [4] Afterwards she continued her studies first in Düsseldorf under Hans Gude, and later, funded by a state stipend, in Dresden and Weimar throughout the late 1850s and early 1860s. [4] [1]
Åberg's public debut came in 1849. [4]
Alongside her artistic pursuits, Åberg worked as a secondary school arts teacher from the mid-1840s until early 1860s. [4] [1]
After that, she lived and worked outside of Finland — mostly in Germany, but also spending some years in Italy — more or less continuously from the mid-1860s onwards, at least in part because she felt that her Düsseldorfer work was not sufficiently appreciated in her home country. [2] [4]
In 1861, Åberg was only the second artist to win first prize in the Finnish Art Society's Ducat Contest . [4]
In 1866, she was awarded the honorary title of First Class Artist by the Imperial Academy of Arts of St Petersburg. [4]
Victoria Åberg | |
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Born | Ulrika Victoria Åberg
[1] 24 February 1824 [1] |
Died | 15 July 1892[1] | (aged 68)
Movement | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Awards |
|
Victoria Åberg (24 February 1824 – 15 July 1892) was a Finnish landscape painter in the Düsseldorf tradition, notable as one of the first Finnish women to achieve a sustained professional career as an artist. [2] [3]
Åberg began training at the Finnish Art Society Drawing School (Suomen Taideyhdistyksen Piirustuskoulu) as part of its first cohort in its opening year, 1848. [4] Afterwards she continued her studies first in Düsseldorf under Hans Gude, and later, funded by a state stipend, in Dresden and Weimar throughout the late 1850s and early 1860s. [4] [1]
Åberg's public debut came in 1849. [4]
Alongside her artistic pursuits, Åberg worked as a secondary school arts teacher from the mid-1840s until early 1860s. [4] [1]
After that, she lived and worked outside of Finland — mostly in Germany, but also spending some years in Italy — more or less continuously from the mid-1860s onwards, at least in part because she felt that her Düsseldorfer work was not sufficiently appreciated in her home country. [2] [4]
In 1861, Åberg was only the second artist to win first prize in the Finnish Art Society's Ducat Contest . [4]
In 1866, she was awarded the honorary title of First Class Artist by the Imperial Academy of Arts of St Petersburg. [4]