MINA CARLSON-BREDBERG

Mina Carlson-Bredberg (Swedish, 1857–1943), Académie Julian, Mademoiselle Beson Drinking from a Glass, c. 1884. Oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 in. Dorsia Hotel, Gothenburg, Sweden. Courtesy American Federation of Arts

Mina Carlson-Bredberg began her artistic training with two Swedish artists, Kerstin Cardon and Amanda Sidwall. She later moved to Paris and attended the Académie Julian from 1883 to 1887. She exhibited a number of portraits at the Salons of 1887 and 1890 and received honorable mention for a self-portrait at the 1889 Exhibition Universelle. In 1890 she returned to Stockholm and taught at the art school established by Elizabeth Keyser, a friend and classmate at the Académie Julian.

A fully illustrated catalogue, Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900, has been published by the American Federation of Arts and Yale University Press. Along with an art-historical overview by curator Laurence Madeline, the catalogue includes essays by Jane R. Becker, collections management associate, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Richard Kendall, former curator at large, Clark Art Institute; Bridget Alsdorf, associate professor, History of Art, Princeton University; and Vibeke Hansen, curator, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.