Hedvig Sophie Karsten (3 September 1783 – 25 February 1862) was a
Swedish
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ballerina and artist (painter).
Born to opera singers
Christoffer Christian Karsten
Christoffer Christian (or ''Kristofer Kristian'') Karsten (9 September 1756 – 6 August 1827) was a Swedish opera singer. He was the maternal grandfather of the ballerina Marie Taglioni.
Life
Born in Ystad, he was discovered by queen ...
and
Sophie Stebnowska
Mariane Theresia ''Sophie'' (Maria Sofia) Stebnowska also called Zofia Stępkowska or ''Stempkosta'' (13 July 1753 or 1761 – 16 February 1848) was a Swedish opera singer and harpist of Polish origin. She has been referred to as one of the ...
, she was the sister of painter
Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten
Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, married surname ''Kachanoff'' (1789–1856), was a Swedish painter.
She was born in Stockholm, the daughter of Kristofer Kristian Karsten and Sophie Stebnowska and sister of Sophie Karsten. She was the student of ...
.
Sophie Karsten became a dancer at the
Royal Swedish Ballet
The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian dominance in this fi ...
in the
Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera ( sv, Kungliga Operan) is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Location and environment
The building is located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm, on the eastern side ...
in
Stockholm
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. In 1805, she was appointed premier dancer. She was also active as a painter, and participated in the exhibitions of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ...
in
Stockholm
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between 1802 and 1804. Her most noted painting was a mountain landscape.
[Dahlberg och Hagström: Svenskt konstlexikon. Allhems Förlag (1953) Malmö. (in Swedish)]
She married
Filippo Taglioni
Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; 5 November 1777 – 11 February 1871) was an Italian dancer and choreographer and personal teacher to his own daughter, Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni. (He had another child who also danced ballet, ...
in 1803, and became the mother of the ballerina
Marie Taglioni
Marie Taglioni, Comtesse de Voisins (23 April 1804 – 22 April 1884) was a Swedish-born ballet dancer of the Romantic ballet era partially of Italian descent, a central figure in the history of European dance. She spent most of her life in th ...
.
References
* Dahlberg och Hagström, Svenskt konstlexikon. Allhems Förlag (1953) Malmö. (in Swedish)
* Osmo Durchman, Finska anor inom furstehus (in Swedish)
(in Swedish)
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Swedish ballerinas
19th-century Swedish painters
19th-century Swedish ballet dancers
1783 births
1862 deaths
Royal Swedish Ballet dancers
Swedish people of Polish descent
Swedish women painters