Mathilda Rotkirch
Finnish painter
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Mathilda Wilhelmina Rotkirch (28 July 1813 – 6 March 1842) was a Finnish painter. She is often referred to as the first female artist in Finland. She principally made portrait paintings.[1]
Mathilda Rotkirch | |
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Mathilda Rotkirch by Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1848) | |
| Born | 28 July 1813 |
| Died | 6 March 1842 (aged 28) Åbo (Turku), Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Known for | Painting |
Biography
Rotkirch was born in Borgå (Porvoo), Finland. She was the daughter of Baron Karl Fredrik Rotkirch and Augusta Fredrika Elisabeth Rotkirch née Aminoff.[1]
In the spring of 1833, she made her first study trip to Stockholm where she studied with Johan Gustaf Sandberg and Robert Wilhelm Ekman. She was a student at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts between 1833 and 1838. She took a study trip in 1840–1841 along with artist Sophie Aminoff (1808–1862) and her husband Carl Reuterskiöld, on a journey through Europe. They visited Lübeck, Hamburg, Kassel, Strasbourg, Bern, Geneva, Milan and Paris, where she studied with the Swedish painter and designer Per Wickenberg (1812–1846).[2][3]
She died of a lung ailment in Åbo (Turku) during 1842 at the age of 28. She was buried in the family graveyard at Näsebacken next to Borgå.[1]
Rotkirch was represented in an exhibition in Finland in 1847. She is represented at both Ateneum and Cygnaeus Gallery.
