Victoria Åberg
- Dukaattipalkinto (1861)
- First Class Artist (1866)
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]
Education
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]
Career
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]
Awards and honours
In 1861, Åberg was only the second artist to win first prize in the Finnish Art Society's Ducat Contest [fi].[4]
In 1866, she was awarded the honorary title of First Class Artist by the Imperial Academy of Arts of St Petersburg.[4]
Gallery
- Saksalainen maisema, (lit. 'German landscape') (1860)
- Olavinlinna (undated)
- Jokimaisema (lit. 'River view') (after 1868)
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Åberg, Victoria". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Åberg, Victoria (1824-1892)". Kansallisbiografia.fi (in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "1800-luvun maisemamaalari Victoria Åberg on todellinen löytö Matka toiseen ulottuvuuteen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 28 July 1992. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ulrika Åberg". Artist Register (in Finnish). Artists' Association of Finland. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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