About Anna Nordlander
Lived 1843 – 1879 (aged 36). Anna Nordlander was a Swedish artist and painter.
Anna Catharina Nordlander (28 October 1843 – 26 February 1879), was a Swedish painter. She is known for her portraits and her depictions of genre- nature- and folk life: she is also counted as a pioneer in the illustration of the lives of the Forest Sami (Skogssamar) of northern Sweden.
Biography Anna Nordlander was born in the vicarage at Skellefteå in Västerbotten County, Sweden to Nils Nordlander (1796–1874) and Anna Maria Gestrin. Her father was parish vicar and in 1841 among the founders of the town of Skellefteå. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1866) under Jean-François Portaels in Brussels and at the Académie Julian in Paris.
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Who was Anna Nordlander?
Swedish artist from Skellefteå (1843-1879)
When was Anna Nordlander born?
Anna Nordlander was born on 26 March 1843 in Skellefteå.
When did Anna Nordlander die?
Anna Nordlander died on 28 April 1879 in Jakob and Johannes parish.
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Anna Nordlander was an artist and painter.
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Anna Nordlander was Swedish.
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