Harriet Backer
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Job / Known for: Painter
Left traces: About 180 paintings
Born
Date: 1845-01-21
Location: NO Holmestrand
Died
Date: 1932-03-25 (aged 87)
Resting place: NO Oslo
Death Cause: Natural causes
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Parent(s): Nils Backer and Sofie Smith Petersen
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Harriet Backer 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. She studied with various art instructors in Norway, Germany, and France, and was influenced by impressionism. She shared a studio with fellow Norwegian artist Kitty Lange Kielland in Paris, where she exhibited her work and won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. She moved back to Norway in 1888 and settled in Sandvika, outside of Oslo. She operated an art school from 1889 to 1912 and was an influence on a number of younger artists. She also gave art lessons to the novelist Cora Sandel. She produced around 180 works of art, mostly based on local themes. Her work was slow and thorough, and she never belonged to any school. She was awarded the Schäffers legat three times and was a Knight of the Order of St. Olav. She died in Oslo in 1932 at the age of 87.
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