Hedvig Eleonora Hamilton (9 December 1870 – 11 December 1949) was a Swedish portrait painter working in watercolour and oils.

Hedvig Hamilton
Born9 December 1870
Died11 December 1949 (1949-12-12) (aged 79)
NationalitySwedish
Occupationpainter

Life

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Hamilton was born in Lund in 1870.[1]

 
Beata Elisabeth Hamilton By Hedvig Hamilton after (prob.) Lorens Pasch

She painted portraits, self portraits, and landscapes with Stockholm motifs in oil and watercolor. She attended the Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen for Kvinde [Wikidata] in Copenhagen. She studied further with the artist Richard Burgh in Stockholm under Richard Bergh. She studied further in France and Germany.[2][3]

Hamilton died in Stockholm in 1949. She was buried locally.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b AB, Eniac Data. "Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ^ English: The book "Svenskt Porträttgalleri XX" ("Swedish Portrait Gallery XX"), from 1901. With 714 mini biographies and portraits of Swedish architects, sculptors, painters and more, 1901, retrieved 2020-01-25
  3. ^ "HEDVIG Eleonora HAMILTON: Lexikonett amanda". www.lexikonettamanda.se. Retrieved 2020-01-25.