Märta Améen
Märta Augusta Karolina Emma Axelsdotter Améen (née Sparre; 28 February 1871, in Vienna – 25 June 1940, in Barksäter) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. The daughter of artist Emma Josepha Sparre, her works are in the collections of the Nationalmuseum and the Swedish Army Museum. She studied at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, and illustrated the novel The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906/07) by Selma Lagerlöf.
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Märta Améen
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- Full name
- Märta Augusta Karolina Emma Axelsdotter Sparre.
- Born
- 1871. · Vienna.
- Died
- 1940. · Barksäter.
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Occupation
- painter and sculptor.
- Education
- Académie Colarossi.
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Märta Augusta Karolina Emma Axelsdotter Améen (née Sparre; 28 February 1871, in Vienna – 25 June 1940, in Barksäter) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. The daughter of artist Emma Josepha Sparre, her works are in the collections of the Nationalmuseum and the Swedish Army Museum. She studied at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, and illustrated the novel The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906/07) by Selma Lagerlöf.
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Märta Améen was recorded at birth as Märta Augusta Karolina Emma Axelsdotter Sparre. The authorities additionally record the headings Märta Amén and Märta Ameen-Sparre. She was the child of Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre and Emma Josepha Sparre. She married John Améen.
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Emma Sparre (1851-1913)
Märta Ameen, avfotograferad porträttbild från Allhems Svenskt konstnärslexikon.
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1871
Märta Améen born at Vienna.
1940
Märta Améen died at Barksäter.
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- 1.Gustafsson, Ronnie. Märta Améen 1871-1940. Stämplar och Signaturer.
- 2.Svenska konstnärer. Biografisk handbok. Märta Améen. Runeberg. 1980.
- 3.Bénézit, Emmanuel. Dictionary of Artists. Gründ. 404. 2006. 978-2-7000-3070-9.
- 4.K.G. Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Bio-bibliographischer Index A-Z. 213. 1999. 978-3-598-23975-5.
- 5.Champier, Victor. The Chefs-d'oeuvre: Applied Art. G. Barrie. 14. 1900.
- 6.Wåhlin, Karl. Ord och bild. P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 375. 1899.
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