Beata Mårtensson-Brummer

Beata Mårtensson-Brummer (1 April 1880 — 15 July 1956) was a Swedish painter, ceramist, art teacher and philanthropist. After studying in Stockholm, France and Italy, from 1908 she worked at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory where she designed glazed vases and pottery. She taught painting at the Högre konstindustriella skolan (now Konstfack) where she was appointed head teacher in 1915. In 1911, she married the Hungarian-born sculptor Joseph Brummer. After first helping him to run his gallery in Paris, in 1920 she joined him in New York where he ran the Brummer Gallery in Manhattan until his death in 1947. Mårtensson-Brummer returned to Sweden in 1953. On her death in 1956, she bequeathed considerable amounts of funding to Sweden's cultural institutions.

Early life, education and family Born in Lund on 1 April 1880, Beata Mårtensson was the daughter of the farmer Nils Mårtensson and his wife Bengta née Nilsdotter, She was the youngest of the family's six children. She studied at Stockholms's arts and crafts college Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now Konstfack) graduating in 1902 and undertook study trips to Paris and Italy. In 1911, she married the Hungarian-born sculptor Joseph Brummer at a civil wedding in London.