Mathilda Wilhelmina Rotkirch (28 July 1813 – 6 March 1842) was a Finnish painter. She is often referred to as the first female artist in Finland. She principally made portrait paintings.[1]
Mathilda Rotkirch | |
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 Mathilda Rotkirch by Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1848) | |
| Born | 28 July 1813 Borgå, Finland |
| Died | 6 March 1842 (aged 28) Turku, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Known for | Painting |
Biography edit
Rotkirch was born in Borgå, Finland. She was the daughter of Baron Karl Fredrik Rotkirch and Augusta Fredrika Elisabeth Rotkirch née Aminoff.[1]
In the spring of 1833, she made his first study trip to Stockholm where she studied with Johan Gustaf Sandberg and Robert Wilhelm Ekman. She was a student at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts between 1833 and 1838. She took a study trip in 1840–1841 along with artist Sophie Aminoff (1808–1862) and her husband Carl Reuterskiöld, on a journey through Europe. They visited Lübeck, Hamburg, Kassel, Strasbourg, Bern, Geneva, Milan and Paris, where she studied with the Swedish painter and designer Per Wickenberg (1812–1846).[2][3]
She died of a lung ailment in Turku during 1842 at the age of 28. She was buried in the family graveyard at Näsebacken next to Porvoo.[1]
Rotkirch was represented in an exhibition in Finland in 1847. She is represented at both Ateneum and Cygnaeus Gallery.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Rotkirch, Mathilda". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Gerda Boethius. "Sophie Adolphine Adlersparre". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Petter Gabriel Wickenberg". Svenska Familj-Journalen. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
Literature edit
- Kuurne, Jouni: Mathilda Rotkirch: Taiteilija ja matkailija. 2002.
- Jouni Kuurne; Teresia Ijäs (2002). Mathilda Rotkirch : konstnärinna och resenär / Jouni Kuurne ; [översättning från finska: Teresia Ijäs ...]. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish). Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. ISBN 951-583-077-X. ISSN 0039-6842. Wikidata Q113529993.
- Westermarck, Helena: Mathilda Rotkirch. Historiska och litteraturhistoriska studier 2, pp. 8–78. Svensk Litteratursällskap i Finland, Helsingfors 1926.
- Willner-Rönnholm, Margareta: Målarinnan Mathilda Rotkirch: En bortglömd pionjär? Finsk Tidskrift, 1/2003.