Signe Barth

Signe Magdalena Barth née Pettersson (16 June 1895, Uddevalla — 15 March 1982, Stockholm) was a Swedish painter and art teacher. After studying in Stockholm and Copenhagen, she moved to Paris in 1920 where she completed her education, married and settled until 1936. After returning to Sweden, she ran an art college in Stockholm from 1940 to 1959. Her paintings include motifs in oils from Paris and Stockholm as well as landscapes from the west coast of Sweden.