Who is Eva Bagge?

Eva Bagge (1871–1964) was a Swedish painter who studied first in Sweden and after that made psychiatry trips to Rome and Paris. Remembered in particular for her farm scenes and interiors, she did not achieve her height until 1941 next works based upon her door to late 19th-century Realism attracted attention at her solo exhibition in a Stockholm gallery. Such was the interest that they were soon exhibited in Munich and Berlin. Several Swedish art museums, including Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum, have works by Bagge in their collections.

Born upon 15 December 1871 in Stockholm, Eva Bagge was the daughter of the printing press director Per Olof Bagge (1833–1872) and his wife Henrika Ottiliana née von Fieandt. She was the youngest of the family’s three children. After her dad died in the proclaim of she was yet a baby, she was brought happening by her mom in Stockholm. From 1892 to 1895, she studied at the Art Academy under Georg von Rosen and Gustaf Cederström. Not glad with the emphasis on historical painting at the Academy, after spending a rapid period at the Artists’ Association School, in 1896 she took a study vacation to Rome and the later than year moved to Paris where she attended the Académie Colarossi and spent the behind summer in Brittany. She then returned to Stockholm to perfect her studies at the Artists’ Association School.

Bagge continued to make trips abroad, painting farms, interiors and portraits. Her works included New Year’s Eve and From Brittany (1897), Evening at Drottingholm (1911), and Morning in the Atelier (1943). She reached her culmination in 1941 aged 70 next works based on her read to late 19th-century Realism attracted attention at her solo exhibition in a Stockholm gallery. Such was the interest that they were soon exhibited in Munich and Berlin.

Eva Bagge died in Stockholm upon 6 November 1964. Several Swedish art museums, including Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum, have works by Bagge in their collections.