Eva Bonnier

Eva Frederika Bonnier ( born November 17 1857 in Stockholm; † January 13, 1909 in Copenhagen) was a Swedish painter, sculptor and patron.

Life

She was the daughter of the publisher Albert Bonnier and his wife Betty (nee Rubenson ). Hanna Pauli, a friend since childhood, was the daughter of the brother of her aunt Sophie, wife of Adolf Bonnier. She learned later also Paul, in August Malmström and studied from 1878 at the Art Academy, Stockholm. After she had this finished in the spring of 1883, she went first to Switzerland, then to Paris. Your French teachers were Raphaël Collin, Gustave Courtois and Pascal Adolphe Dagnan - Bouveret, who taught all at the Académie Colarossi. Interrupted by short stays they remained until 1889 in Paris.

She was briefly engaged in 1891 with the sculptor Per Hasselberg.

In 1904 she settled in Dalarö they already regularly visited as a child, build a summer home and studio, the Villa Jungfruberget. The house, designed by architect Ragnar Östberg is to assign the Swedish Art Nouveau. In Dalarö they often met together with Anders Zorn and Richard Bergh.

Your begun during his lifetime promoting Swedish artist found after Bonnier's death a continuation, as they had set up a fund in her will (Eva Bonnier donationsfond promote konstnärlig utsmykning av Offentliga byggnader och platser i Stockholm ).

Work

Bonnier's work includes mainly paintings in which she portrayed acquaintances, such as their housekeeper Maria Banck in the Hushållerskan 1890 incurred. Furthermore, she made sculptures and a few handcrafted items. Bonnier images can be found for example in the Swedish National Museum and porträttsamling in Bonnierska, which was founded by her brother Karl Otto Bonnier.

Gallery

Julia Hassel mountain, about 1906

Portrait of Eva Bonnier by Richard Bergh, 1889

Eva Bonnier at the Villa Jungfruberget, 1905