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Harriet Backer

Harriet Backer (1845 - 1932) was active/lived in Norway.  Harriet Backer is known for Detailed interior-scene painting, teaching.

Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time, and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the interplay of light and shadow.

Backer was one of four daughters born to an affluent family at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. Her parents were Nils Backer (1815–1877) and Sofie Smith Petersen (1819–1882), and she was the aunt of the painter Astri Welhaven Heiberg (1881–1967). Her father was a shipping merchant and her mother was from a wealthy family. Her family moved to Christiania (Oslo) in 1856.

Backer attended Wilhemine Autentrieth Girl's School (1857–1860) and Hartvig Nissen School (1863). At the age of 12, she first took lessons in drawing and painting, notably with Joachim Calmeyer (1857). She then studied with art instructor Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (1861–65), in Be   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3981 characters.]  Artist bio

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