Sofie Ribbing

Sofie Amalia Ribbing (6 March 1835 – 7 December 1894) was a Swedish painter of the Düsseldorf School. She specialized in portraits and genre scenes, often placed in family settings.

Biography She was born at Adelöv in Jönköping County, Sweden. She was the daughter of Per Arvid Ribbing and Carolina Augusta Ehrencrona. Her father was the chairman of the local district court (Häradshövding). When she was only four, her family moved to Hakarp Parish, closer to Jönköping. Beginning in 1850, she studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, then transferred to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she studied with Karl Ferdinand Sohn, who would later become the academy's president.

Göteborgs konstmuseum and the National Gallery of Norway. In 2016, the Swedish National Heritage Board chose her painting Boys Drawing (1864) as one of the works that would represent Sweden for "Europeana 280"; a celebration of Europe's shared artistic heritage.