About Ellen Jolin
Lived 1854 – 1939 (aged 84). Ellen Jolin was a Swedish writer, painter and graphic artist.
(Maria Helena) Ellen Jolin (16 June 1854 – 25 May 1939) was a Swedish writer, painter and graphic artist.
Biography Jolin was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Académie Julian in Paris. Her instructors included Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, Kerstin Cardon, Carl Hansen, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Jolin exhibited her paintings in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin. In 1893 she exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
She was the aunt of the painter Einar Jolin (1890-1976).
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Who was Ellen Jolin?
Swedish artist (1854-1939)
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Ellen Jolin was born on 16 June 1854 in Stockholm.
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Ellen Jolin died on 25 May 1939 in Stockholm.
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Ellen Jolin was a writer, painter and graphic artist.
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Ellen Jolin was Swedish.
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