Johanne Mathilde Dietrichson

Johanne Mathilde Dietrichson (née Bonnevie; July 12, 1837 - November 28, 1921) was a Norwegian painter who also made sculptures and ceramics. She was the first Norwegian woman to receive a formal art education.[1]

Johanne Mathilde Dietrichson
Self portrait, 1865.
Born
Johanne Mathilde Bonnevie

(1837-07-12)July 12, 1837
Christiana, Norway
DiedNovember 28, 1921(1921-11-28) (aged 84)
Christiana, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
EducationRoyal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
Spouse
(m. 1862; died 1917)
RelativesHonoratus Bonnevie (father)
Jacob Aall Bonnevie (brother)

Born in Christiana (now Oslo), Dietrichson grew up in Trondheim and Kongsberg. She took a drawing class in Christiana, then on the advice of Camilla Collett and Adolph Tidemand she traveled to Düsseldorf to continue her education in 1857. There she worked in the studio of Otto Mengelberg until 1861. The following year, Dietrichson married the art historian Lorentz Dietrichson. She accompanied him on his travels, living in Rome until 1865, in Stockholm from 1866-76, where she attended the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and in Christiana after 1876. In the 1870s and 1880s, Dietrichson often exhibited in the Art Association and Høstutstillingen, the annual fall exhibit in Christiana.[2]

Johanne Dietrichson was the daughter of Honoratus Bonnevie and sister of Jacob Aall Bonnevie.

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  1. ^ "Hun er den ukjente kunstneren på Blaafarveværket i sommer". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ^ "Mathilde Dietrichson". nbl.snl.no (in Norwegian). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
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