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1845 Holmestrand, Norway - 1932 Oslo, Norway. Known for: Detailed interior-scene painting, teaching.
Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time, and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe... Read full biography
Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time, and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the... Read full biography
Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time, and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the interplay of light and shadow. Backer was one of four daughters born to an affluent family at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. Her parents were Nils Backer (1815–1877) and Sofie Smith Petersen... Read full biography
Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time, and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the interplay of light and shadow. Backer was one of four daughters born to an affluent family at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. Her parents were Nils Backer (1815–1877) and Sofie Smith Petersen (1819–1882), and she was the aunt of the painter Astri Welhaven Heiberg (1881–1967). Her father was a shipping merchant and her mother was from a wealthy family. Her family moved to Christiania (Oslo) in 1856. Backer attended Wilhemine Autentrieth Girl's... Read full biography
Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time, and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the interplay of light and shadow. Backer was one of four daughters born to an affluent family at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. Her parents were Nils Backer (1815–1877) and Sofie Smith Petersen (1819–1882), and she was the aunt of the painter Astri Welhaven Heiberg (1881–1967). Her father was a shipping merchant and her mother was from a wealthy family. Her family moved to Christiania (Oslo) in 1856. Backer attended Wilhemine Autentrieth Girl's School (1857–1860) and Hartvig Nissen School (1863). At the age of 12, she first took lessons in drawing and painting, notably with Joac... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Interior Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Teacher
- •Jean Leon Gerome
- •Leon Bonnat, Bonnat Atelier, Paris
Art School
- •Bergslien School of Painting, Norway, Student
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Norwegian
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893