Wilhelmina Lagerholm

Wilhelmina Lagerholm
Born25 March 1826
Örebro
Died19 June 1917
Stockholm
NationalitySwedish

Wilhelmina Catharina Lagerholm (1826–1917) was a Swedish painter and an early professional female photographer. After first studying and practising painting, she turned mainly to photography in 1862, opening a studio in Örebro in central Sweden.[1][2]

Life

Lagerholm's oil portrait of Professor August Malmstrom

Born on 25 March 1826 in Örebro, Lagerholm was the daughter of the surveyor Nils Fredrik Wilhelm Lagerholm and his wife Anna Elisabeth Ekman.[3] She studied art in Stockholm, Paris and Düsseldorf, becoming proficient as a portraitist. From 1862 to 1871, she worked as a photographer in Örebro but then moved to Stockholm where she became a portrait and genre painter. In 1871, she became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.[1]

Lagerholm died in Stockholm on 19 June 1917.[3] She is remembered as one of Sweden's earliest professional female professional along with Emma Schenson in Uppsala, Hilda Sjölin in Malmö and Rosalie Sjöman in Stockholm.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lagerholm, Vilhelmina". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). 1911. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Dahlman, Eva. "Kvinnliga pionjärer osynliga i fotohistorien" (in Swedish). Tidskrift för genusvetenskap: University of Gothenburg. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Wilhelmina Catharina Lagerholm" (in Swedish). Slektshistorie: Haugland, Skurdal, Musland, Sandvik. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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