Sigrid Hjertén worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Sigrid Hjertén as Swedish modernist painter (1885-1948).
Sigrid Hjertén was born at Sundsvalls parish in 1885. Her recorded nationality is Sweden. She trained at Académie Matisse and Konstfack.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
She worked as painter, textile artist and art educator.
Her recorded movement is expressionism.
An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
That the work was made in Sweden shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Sigrid Hjertén died in 1948, aged 63. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Movement: Expressionism
