Ester Henning
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28 October 1887
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| Born | Ester Matilda Henning 28 October 1887 Yngshyttan, Värmland, Sweden |
| Died | 1 May 1985 (aged 97) |
Ester Matilda Henning (28 October 1887 – 1 May 1985) was a Swedish artist. From 1919 she spent the remaining 60 years of her life in a mental institution.
Ester Matilda Henning was born on 28 October 1887 in Yngshyttan outside Filipstad. She was born fourth of seven daughters to a poor cobbler. She moved to Mora at the age of 12 to work as a nanny.[1][2]
Her art has been exhibited at three main exhibitions: in 1946 in Gothenburg, in 1963 at the Beckomberga Hospital and in 1970 at the Liljevalchs konsthall in Stockholm.
In 2009 Maud Nycander and Kersti Grunditz made a documentary about her life and her art that was shown on Sveriges Television.
Anna Jörgensdotter wrote a novel in 2015 inspired by her life titled Drömmen om Ester.[3]
