Ulrika Melin

Ulrika Melin (1767 1834) was a Swedish textile artist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

Ulrika Melin
Born1767 (1767)
Died1834 (aged 6667)
NationalitySwedish
Known forTextile Art
Spouse(s)
Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva
(m. after 1788)

Born to major Lars Melin and sister to general major Henrik Georg Melin, and married to the governor of Västerås Castle, Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva, in 1788. Melin was a textile artist with "an unusual ability to sew landskapes".[1] In 1784, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts for a work in white sateen inspired by the work of Claude Lorrain.

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References

  1. Anteckningar om svenska qvinno
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