Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz ( – ) was a

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painter, primarily of portraits.

Biography

She was the daughter of the painter August Matthias Hagen; born while her parents were on a painting excursion. She displayed an early interest in drawing, so her father wasted no time in giving her lessons. After graduating from the public schools, she enrolled at the

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(now University of Tartu), where she was soon attracted to portrait painting. After graduating, she received a grant to study in Germany. She began with Friedrich Gonne in Dresden, then went to Munich, obtaining a position in the workshops of

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from the University of Tartu Library. Three years later, she returned to Tartu and received another grant from Tsar Nicholas I to study in Italy. This time, she was accompanied by her father, who hoped that the Italian climate would help his failing eyesight. In 1854 she returned home, already a well-known artist due to her participation in several exhibits throughout Europe. Soon after, she married the astronomer

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, who later became Director of the local observatory. Her honeymoon consisted of an expedition to Southeast Siberia, covering 600

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s, where her husband was part of a team exploring mineral resources and preparing a detailed map on behalf of the

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. As might be expected, she took the opportunity to sketch everything of interest. In 1858, she became the first woman elected to the

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. After that, she spent much of her time in Saint Petersburg, participating in all the local and national exhibitions. Overall, she produced more than 700 portraits.

Selected paintings

File:Hagen-Schwarz, Julie. Kunstnik August Hageni portree.jpg, Portrait of her father (1870s) File:Ludwig Schwarz 1870.jpg, Portrait of her husband (1870) File:Хаген-Шварц портрет девочки.jpg, Portrait of a Young Girl (1870s) File:Julie Hagen-Schwarz - Italian Maiden On Her Way To Rome.jpg, Italian Maiden on her Way to Rome (c.1850) File:Schwarz 1851.jpg,

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Player (1851)

References

External links

Works of Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz
in the

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s Digital Archive
"From Livonia with Love", part 2, Julie Hagen-Schwarz
@ LiveInternet blog. More paintings with biographies of her teachers and family members. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hagen-Schwarz, Julie Wilhelmine 1824 births 1902 deaths People from Valmiera Municipality People from Kreis Wolmar Baltic-German people 19th-century German painters 19th-century Estonian painters German women painters Estonian women painters 19th-century women artists

Biography

Selected paintings

See also

References

Further reading

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