Elisabeth Keyser

Hilda Elisabeth Keyser (1851–1898), was a Swedish painter.

Elisabeth Keyser
Self-Portrait, 1880
Born
Maria Helena Jolin

(1851-01-22)22 January 1851
Stockholm, Sweden
Died16 December 1898(1898-12-16) (aged 47)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
EducationRoyal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
Known forPainting

Biography

Keyser was born on 22 January 1851 in Stockholm.[1][2] From 1874–78, she attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.[3] She was taught by Swedish painter Vilhelmina Carlson. From 1878–89, she stayed mostly in Paris, where she studied for Léon Bonnat. From 1890 to 1896, she ran a painting school in Stockholm. [1][4]

She exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888, 1989, and 1890.[1] In 1893 she exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

Keyser died on 16 December 1898 in Stockholm.[1]

  • French peasant girl with milk pans
  • Day dreams
  • Fångsten bärgas - Arildsläge

References
  1. "Elisabeth Keyser (1851-1898)". RKD. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. "Keyser, Elisabeth (1851 - 1898)". KulturNav. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "Vilhelmina Carlson". RKD. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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