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Harriet Sundström (23December 1872 – 28April 1961) was a Swedish landscape artist.


Biography

She was the younger daughter of Carl Rudolf Sundström (1841–1889) and Carolina Sofia Häggström (1849–1943) both of whom were educators. Her father was an ornithologist and doctor of zoology. Her mother was a journalist and foreign editor with ''
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''. She was the sister of
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(1870–1932) who became a co-founder of the
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. Sundström studied at Tekniska Skolan in Stockholm, in Paris at
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with artists Franz Roubaud and
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and with Charles Tooby in
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. She was also a student for artist
Anders Zorn Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920) was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist. His portrait subjects include King Oscar II of Sweden and three President of the Un ...
. She was part of the art-group "De Frie" and also created the organisation ''Originalträsnitt'' in 1911. She was vice president of the ''Grafiska Sällskapet'' in 1928 to 1937. Her art is on display at
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,
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, Zornmuseet, at museums in
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and
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and also at Konstakademien. Harriet Sundström died in Stockholm in 1961. Harriet's work was always signed with "HS" or "H.Sundström".


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* 1872 births 1961 deaths Swedish women artists 20th-century Swedish painters Swedish printmakers Artists from Stockholm Swedish women sculptors 20th-century Swedish sculptors Swedish painters Women printmakers 20th-century printmakers 20th-century Swedish women painters {{Sweden-painter-stub