Sofia Gisberg
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Sofia Gisberg (1854–1926) was a Swedish sculptor, textile artist and educator. From 1887, she taught at Tekniska Skolan, where she became director of women students until 1925, modernizing the teaching of textile arts. She is also remembered for designing the fountain in Vängåvan Park, Sundsvall, for her church textiles and for creating certificates for Nobel prizewinners. Examples of her work are in the collection of Stockholm's National Museum.[1][2][3]
Born on 16 November 1854 in Sundsvall, Sofia Gisberg was the daughter of the merchant Per Daniel Gisberg and his wife Abramina Elisabet née Taxberg. She was one of the family's eight children. Naturally talented at drawing, she trained at Sundvall's Lithographic Institute (Litografiska Anstalt) after which she worked as a print lithographer in Stockholm. While there, she followed courses in art at the Handicraft School which is now part of Konstfack. In 1879, she enrolled at the newly established women's section of the Technical School (Tekniska Skolan) where she was one of the first graduates. She also studied privately under the painter Kerstin Cardon. After a further three years in the school's Industrial Art department, in 1886 she graduated as a pattern creator.[1][2]
