Emma Josepha Sparre ( 29 June 1851–8 September 1913) was a Swedish painter.[1]
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![]() Emma Josepha Sparre, 1890 | |
Born | Emma Munktell (1851-06-29)29 June 1851 Grycksbo in Dalarna County, Sweden |
Died | 8 September 1913(1913-09-08) (aged 62) Rättvik in Dalarna County, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Education | Royal Institute of Technology, Académie Colarossi Académie Julian |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre
(m. 1870–1891) |
Emma Josepha Sparre née Munktell was born at Grycksbo in Dalarna County, Sweden.[2] She was the daughter of Henrik Munktell (1804–1861) and Christina Augusta Eggertz (1818–1889).[3] She was the sister of composer Helena Munktell (1852–1919).[4]
She was married to fellow artist Baron Carl Axel Ambjörn Sparre (1839–1910) from 1870 to 1891.[5] They had a daughter, Märta Améen (1871–1940) who was also a painter.[6][7][8]
She attended the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm and was trained privately by August Malmström. She later studied in Düsseldorf and Rome. She also trained Paris with painters Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret and Gustave Courtois at Académie Colarossi.
Sparre exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[9] She also exhibited at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where she received an honorable mention.[10]
She returned to Sweden in the 1890s. Sparre died in 1913 in Rättvik in Dalarna County, Sweden.[2]
Her work is in the collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.[5]
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