Mathilda Rotkirch

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
Mathilda Rotkirch by Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1848)
Born(1813-07-28)28 July 1813
Borgå, Finland
Died6 March 1842(1842-03-06) (aged 28)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Known forPainting

Biography

Rotkirch was born in Borgå, 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 his 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 Turku during 1842 at the age of 28. She was buried in the family grave at Näsebacken next to Porvoo.[1]

Rotkirch was represented in an exhibition in Finland in 1847. She is represented at both Ateneum and Cygnaeus Gallery.

References
  1. "Rotkirch, Mathilda". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. Gerda Boethius. "Sophie Adolphine Adlersparre". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. "Petter Gabriel Wickenberg". Svenska Familj-Journalen. Retrieved January 1, 2019.

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