Elsa Oskaria Jernås Bacarisas (10 September 1895 - December 1979 ) was a Swedish graphic artist, painter and costume designer born in Masthuggs Parish, Gothenburg. She was married to

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painter Gustavo Bacarisa. She was born in Gothenburg on 10 September 1895 to Gustaf Oskar Jernås (then Johansson) and Ida Dahlström. Jernås studied art at Gothenburg's

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and after her studies was active as a costume designer at various theaters in Gothenburg and Stockholm, including at the

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, where she met her future husband in connection with the 1922 staging of ''

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''. After their marriage, the couple moved to Spain, settling in Madrid in 1933. In 1936, as a result of the

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they moved to Gibraltar. During

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, they spent several years in

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, Madeira (1940––1945), finally settling in

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in 1947. With reference to her work there, the Andalucian specialist Jose de las Cuevas was quoted by Jose Riquelme Sanchez in the magazine '' Almoraima'' as having commented: "Elsa... dibujaba burillos deliciosas" (Elsa drew wonderful engravings). Jernås held a solo exhibition of about fifty works in Barcelona in 1926. Her art consists of

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from Sweden and Spain depicted in charcoal drawings, oils, watercolors and lithographs.

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20th-century Swedish painters Swedish women painters Graphic artists Costume designers 1895 births 1979 deaths Artists from Gothenburg Swedish emigrants to Spain 20th-century Swedish women artists {{Sweden-artist-stub