Wilhelmina Carlson-Bredberg (1857–1943), known as Mina, was a Swedish painter. She is particularly well known for her portraits, and scenes from contemporary life.

Biography

Bredberg was born on 2 September 1857 in

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to wealthy parents who participated in Swedish cultural life, and her uncle was the noted newspaper publisher and critic

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. As a teenager she took private painting lessons from

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. She was also taught by Elisabeth Keyser. At the age of twenty she was obliged by social convention to marry a family friend, Vilhelm Swalin, whom she had been observed kissing. For the seven years of her marriage she relinquished her painting career. She left her marriage in 1885 to travel to Paris to resume her training, alongside many of her Nordic female contemporaries. She studied at the

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until 1887, under the tutelage of

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and

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. She formed a strong friendship with

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. She returned to Stockholm in 1890 to teach at the art school established by Elisabeth Keyser, but travelled often throughout Europe. In this period she forged strong links with English Arts and Crafts Movement figures such as

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. Carlson-Bredberg exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. In 1895 she married architect Georg Carlson, and again her artistic output was hampered by marriage. Carlson-Bredberg died on 9 June 1943 in

. She was included in the 2018 exhibit ''Women in Paris 1850-1900''. Her works are held in the

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, the Prins Eugens Waldermarsudde, and the

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Gallery

File:Mrs Anna Flensburg (Mina Carlson-Bredberg) - Nationalmuseum - 19735.tif, ''Portrait of Mrs. Anna Flensburg'' by Mina Carlson-Bredberg, 1887 File:At the Piano (Mina Carlson-Bredberg) - Nationalmuseum - 20185.tif, ''At the Piano'' by Mina Carlson-Bredberg, 1890 File:Soluppgång i Södertälje (Mina Carlson-Bredberg) - Nationalmuseum - 132621.tif, ''Sunrise in Södertälje'' by Mina Carlson-Bredberg, 1892

Portraits of Mina Carlson-Bredberg

File:Mina Carlson-Bredberg, the Painter (Amanda Sidvall) - Nationalmuseum - 21908.tif, ''Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg'' by Amanda Sidwall, 1876 File:Möjligen Wilhelmina (Mina) Carlson (1857-1943), g. Bredberg, konstnär (Carl Hedelin) - Nationalmuseum - 154846.tif, ''Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg'' by Carl Hedelin, n.d. File:Wilhelmina Bredberg, 1857-1943, konstnär, grafiker, gift med 1. registrator Vilhelm Swalin, 2 - Nationalmuseum - 40129.tif, ''self portrait, 1938

References

External links

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Biography

Gallery

Portraits of Mina Carlson-Bredberg

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