Harriet Backer

Norwegian Painter, 1845-1932 Norwegian painter. In the 1860s and early 1870s she took lessons in drawing and painting in Christiania (now Oslo) and also travelled extensively in Europe with her sister Agathe, a composer and pianist. She copied works in major museums and took occasional art lessons; she later considered this experience to have been of fundamental importance to her artistic development. Little Red Riding Hood (1872; Oslo, N.G.) is impressive in technique, and the early portrait of her sister, Agathe Backer-Grendahl (1874; Holmestrand, Komm.), shows a refined colour scheme. At the age of nearly 30 Backer decided to train professionally as a painter and in 1874 went to Munich. She was never attached to a particular institution, but the influence of her friend the artist Eilif Peterssen was crucial to her development. In Munich she made a thorough study of perspective, which formed a secure basis for her later work.
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Harriet Backer Blue Interior (nn02) oil


Blue Interior (nn02)
Painting ID::  23168 		Blue Interior (nn02)
1883 Oil on canvas, 33 1/16 x 26'' Nasjonalgalleriet,Oslo
1883_Oil_on_canvas, 33_1/16_x_26''_Nasjonalgalleriet,Oslo
   
   
     
Harriet Backer Uvdal Stave Church (nn02) oil


Uvdal Stave Church (nn02)
Painting ID::  23169 		Uvdal Stave Church (nn02)
1909 Oil on canvas,45 1/8 x 53 1/8'' Rasmus Meyers Collection,Bergen Norway
   
   
     
Harriet Backer by lamplight oil


by lamplight
Painting ID::  56337 		by lamplight
mk247 1890,oil on canvas,21x26 in,55x66.5 cm,rasmus meyers samlinger,bergen,norway
   
   
     
Harriet Backer Alteret i Tanum kirke oil


Alteret i Tanum kirke
Painting ID::  92347 		Alteret i Tanum kirke
Oil painting. Painted 1891 ttd
Oil_painting._ Painted_1891 ttd
   
   
     
Harriet Backer Kolbotnstua oil


Kolbotnstua
Painting ID::  95812 		Kolbotnstua
Oil painting. Painted 1896. cjr
Oil_painting. Painted_1896. cjr
   
   
     
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     Norwegian Painter, 1845-1932 Norwegian painter. In the 1860s and early 1870s she took lessons in drawing and painting in Christiania (now Oslo) and also travelled extensively in Europe with her sister Agathe, a composer and pianist. She copied works in major museums and took occasional art lessons; she later considered this experience to have been of fundamental importance to her artistic development. Little Red Riding Hood (1872; Oslo, N.G.) is impressive in technique, and the early portrait of her sister, Agathe Backer-Grendahl (1874; Holmestrand, Komm.), shows a refined colour scheme. At the age of nearly 30 Backer decided to train professionally as a painter and in 1874 went to Munich. She was never attached to a particular institution, but the influence of her friend the artist Eilif Peterssen was crucial to her development. In Munich she made a thorough study of perspective, which formed a secure basis for her later work.

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