Artist. She will be best remembered for her miniature paintings of famous people. She was born to musical director Josef Czapek and his wife Berta Augustina Haglund Czapek in Göteborg (or Gothenburg), Sweden, on March 24, 1860. She was educated locally and later attended and studied art at the prestigious Académie Julian, a private art school in Paris, France, from 1884 to 1892. Her miniature paintings include portraits of famous people including King George I of Great Britain, King Eric XIV of Sweden, Axel Oxenstierna, and Jean-Paul Marat, among many more. Her year of death is incorrectly given in some historical resources as being in 1928, but she died in 1949.
Artist. She will be best remembered for her miniature paintings of famous people. She was born to musical director Josef Czapek and his wife Berta Augustina Haglund Czapek in Göteborg (or Gothenburg), Sweden, on March 24, 1860. She was educated locally and later attended and studied art at the prestigious Académie Julian, a private art school in Paris, France, from 1884 to 1892. Her miniature paintings include portraits of famous people including King George I of Great Britain, King Eric XIV of Sweden, Axel Oxenstierna, and Jean-Paul Marat, among many more. Her year of death is incorrectly given in some historical resources as being in 1928, but she died in 1949.
Bio by: The Silent Forgotten
Advertisement
