Ida Silfverberg

Ida Silfverberg (23 January 1834 – 23 December 1899) was a Finnish painter who painted in Germany, France and Italy.

Life and career Silfverberg was born in Helsinki on 23 January 1834. By age 15, she began painting copies of paintings at the Finnish Art Association's exhibition in 1849.

She went on to paint copies of paintings by Dutch artists in the collection of the Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. In 1860, she won the second prize for the Finnish Ducat Competition for the promotion of young artists and in 1862, she won the first prize in the same competition.

Silfverberg died in Florence. She is known as a copyist and portraitist as well as for her genre scenes.

Legacy Silfverberg's Woman teaching a Child to Read was purchased by the Serliachus Museum as being by Pehr Hilleström. Her true signature was only recently discovered after the forged Hillstrom signature was found to be fraudulent.

In 2025, Silfverberg's work was featured in an exhibition Crossing Borders - Travelling Women Artists in the 1800s at the Ateneum in Helsinki, followed by a second showing of the exhibition in the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf.

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