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Ulrika Melin (1767–1834) was a Swedish textile artist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

Ulrika Melin
Born	1767 (1767)
Died	1834 (aged 66–67)
Nationality	Swedish
Known for	Textile art
Spouse(s)	Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva ​ ​ (m. 1788)​

She was born to Major Lars Melin and was a sister of General Major Henrik Georg Melin. She was married to the governor of Västerås Castle, Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva, in 1788. Melin was a textile artist with "an unusual ability to sew landskapes".[1] In 1784, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts for a work in white sateen inspired by the work of Claude Lorrain.

See also

• Wendela Gustafva Sparre
• Maria Johanna Görtz

References

Further reading

• Ulrika Melin at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

External links

• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
• Dahlberg och Hagström: Svenskt konstlexikon. Allhems Förlag (1953) Malmö.

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