Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (10 February 1864,

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– 21 August 1939,

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) was a Swedish painter who specialized in landscapes and scenes with figures.

Life and career

She was the daughter of businessman John Roosval and Johanna Kramer. Her father's family produced several notables in the world of the creative arts, including her maternal uncles, the art historian

Johnny Roosval John (Johnny) August Emanuel Roosval (29 August 1879 – 18 October 1965) was a Swedish art historian, Medieval ecclesiastical art specialist, and university professor. Biography Johnny Roosval was born in a bourgeois family in Kalmar, but grew u ...

and early filmmaker . Roosval-Kallstenius grew up in Kalmar and was sent to

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after completing her girls' school, where she deepened her French skills and gained artistic inspiration. After returning to Kalmar in June 1881, she was taught drawing and painting by Christine Sundberg, one of the first women to study at the

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. In 1884, Roosval-Kallstenius moved to Stockholm to study at the Technical School (now

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) until 1885. At this time she received guidance in painting from Ferdinand Stoopendaal. These preparatory studies eventually resulted in her being admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in the autumn of 1886. In 1891 she married fellow painter

Gottfrid Kallstenius Gottfrid Samuel Nikolaus Kallstenius (13 July 1861 – 26 May 1943, Nacka) was a Swedish painter. Biography Gottfrid Kallstenius was born at Västervik, Sweden. His brother Evald Gustaf Götrik Kallstenius (born 1868) was a zoologist and membe ...

. Their son, , also became an artist. After her husband received a scholarship, they went to Paris and settled at the Swedish art colony at

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. While there, she continued her training with

Raphaël Collin Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (17 June 1850 – 21 October 1916) was a French painter born and raised in Paris, where he became a prominent academic painter and a teacher. He is principally known for the links he created between French and Japa ...

. After traveling to Italy, the couple returned to Sweden in 1896.

Death

She died on 21 August 1939 in

. Her work is held by the major museums of Sweden, such as the

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in StockholmPaintings by Roosval-Kallstenius
@ the Nationalmuseum. the and the .

Picture gallery

Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius - Parklandskap med sittande herre och hund.jpg, Parkland with Sitting Man and Dog (1890) Porträtt av fru K x Elisabeth Warling.jpg, ''Portrait of Mrs K.'' (performed by Elisabeth Warling) R-Kallstenius-Summer.png, ''Summer Day - Cold Weather'' (Le Pouldu, Bretagne 1891) Paris in the Spring (Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius) - Nationalmuseum - 19926.tif, ''Paris in the Spring'' (1892) Gerda Roosval - Kallstenius - John Eating.jpg, '' The artist's son John eats while his nanny Selma is standing by.'' (Borsö, c:1896) R-Kallstenius-Dominoes.png, ''Playing Dominoes'' (1912) Porträtt av konstnärinnan Astrid Setterwall Ångström (1895-1982) (Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius) - Nationalmuseum - 101585.tif, ''Portrait of Astrid Setterwall Ångström '' (1914) Gerda Roosval - Kallstenius - Portrait of Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl 1918.jpg, ''Portrait of Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl'' (1918) R-Kallstenius-Cliff.png, ''Cliff Bathing'' (1931)

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