Eva Matilda Löwstädt-Åström (5 May 1864 – 5 May 1942) was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Several different dates and years are given for her birth. This one is taken from her tombstone.

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Eva Matilda Löwstädt was born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

in 1864. Her father, , was a master tailor. Her grandfather, Carl Teodor Löwstädt, was also a painter and graphic artist. Her sister, Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (better known as Emma Chadwick) also became an artist. After her primary education, she studied at the Kunsthochschule Tekniska Skolan (now known as the

Konstfack Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden. History Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the eth ...

) from 1885 to 1886. She also studied

etching Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other type ...

with Axel Tallberg. From 1887 to 1890, she continued her studies at the

Académie Colarossi The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an art school in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor Filippo Colarossi. It was originally located on the Île de la Cité, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the ...

and the

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

in Paris. This was followed by a three-year stay in Italy. Upon returning to Sweden, she married Ludvig Åström. She became associated with the

Konstnärsförbundets skola was a painting school in Stockholm, Sweden, which was offered by ('the Artists' Society') 1890–1908. The latter association was in turn established in opposition to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. One of the school's co-founders was ...

, and participated in many of their exhibitions. In the 1890s, she returned to France to visit her sister at the artists' colony in

Grez-sur-Loing Grez-sur-Loing (, literally ''Grez on Loing''; formerly Grès-en-Gâtinais, literally ''Grès in Gâtinais'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in north-central France. It is 6 km north o ...

and would spend much of her life alternating between Stockholm and Paris.Biographical notes
@ Sekelskifte Most of her paintings are landscapes or floral

still-life A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...

s, in an

Impressionistic Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

style. Many of her works are at the

Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum is the List of national galleries, national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the Natio ...

and the . Löwstädt-Åström died in Stockholm in 1942.

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in the

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