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Júlíana Sveinsdóttir
Júlíana Sveinsdóttir (31 July 1889 – 1966) was one of Iceland's first female painters and textile artists. Taught initially by prominent Icelandic artist Þórarinn B. Þorláksson, Sveinsdóttir settled in Denmark and returned to Iceland in the summers, the visits inspiring her landscape paintings, one of which won the Eckersberg Medal in 1947.
Sveinsdóttir was an active supporter of artists and the arts. She was an early member of the Danish Female Artists' Society, and sat on the boards of the Charlottenborg Exhibition and the Royal
Awards.
- 1946: Tagea Brandt travel stipend
- 1947: Eckersberg Medal
- 1951: Gold Medal, Italian Triennial, Milan
References.
References Reading.
- Audur Ólafsdóttir, 'Júlíana Sveinsdóttir', in Ólafur Kvaran and Karla Kristjánsdóttir (eds), "Confronting Nature: Icelandic Art of the 20th Century", National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, 2001, p. 78.
- Hrafnhildur Schram, Dagny Heiddal and Harpa Thórsdóttir, "Patterns of Land and Colour: Júlíana Sveinsdóttir"