Ellen Jolin
(Maria Helena) Ellen Jolin (16 June 1854 – 25 May 1939) was a Swedish writer, painter and graphic artist.
Also recorded as Maria Helena Jolin
Ellen Jolin
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- Name
- Ellen Jolin
- Birth Name
- Maria Helena Jolin
- Born
- 16 June 1854
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Died
- 25 May 1939
- Education
- Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Académie Julian
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- writer · painter · graphic artist
- Teachers
- Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander · Kerstin Cardon
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(Maria Helena) Ellen Jolin (16 June 1854 – 25 May 1939) was a Swedish writer, painter and graphic artist.
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Ellen Jolin (1854–1939) was a graphic artist, painter and writer, of Swedish nationality. The graphic artist was born and died in Stockholm.
Ellen Jolin was educated at Académie Julian, Konstfack and Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Activity centred on painting. Works are held at Nationalmuseum and Värmland County museum.
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Ellen Jolin studied at Konstfack, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Académie Julian. Training under Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander and Kerstin Cardon is recorded. The field of work recorded is painting. Work by Ellen Jolin is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum and Värmland County museum.
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• Name — Ellen Jolin • Birth Name — Maria Helena Jolin • Born — 16 June 1854 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Died — 25 May 1939 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Education — Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Académie Julian • Field — Painting
Biography
Biography
Jolin was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Académie Julian in Paris. Her instructors included Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, Kerstin Cardon, Carl Hansen, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Jolin exhibited her paintings in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin. In 1893 she exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She was the aunt of the painter Einar Jolin (1890-1976). Jolin died in 1939 and was buried at Solna Cemetery in Stockholm.
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Ellen Jolin is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as having studied at Konstfack, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Académie Julian. Jolin studied at Konstfack, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Académie Julian.
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1854
Ellen Jolin was born on 16 June 1854.
1939
Ellen Jolin died on 25 May 1939.
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