Esther Gehlin
Esther Gehlin née Henriques (1892–1949) was a Danish-Swedish painter of Jewish descent whose water colours and oils include still lifes, interiors, portraits and landscapes. From 1922, she and her artist husband Hugo Gehlin settled in the Swedish town of Helsingborg where local artists and writers frequently gathered in their home.[1] In the 1940s, she created textile appliqués inspired by early Christian art.[2][3]
Biography
Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 24 March 1892, Esther Henriques was the daughter of the factory director Michael Emil Martin Henriques and Julie Christiane Poulsen. Thanks to her father's success in producing knitted products, she was brought up in a well-to-do middle-class Jewish home. After attending The Technical Institute from 1908, she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1911, graduating in 1915.[2][3]
Gehlin married the Swedish painter Hugo Gehlin (1889–1953) in June 1917. In 1920, they spent a year in Italy visiting cities such as Assisi and Ravenna on a study trip. On their return, they held a joint exhibition at Stockholm's Gummeson Gallery.[2] In 1922 they settled in Helsingborg, first in Raus and from 1925 in a house on S:t Clemens gata which became a venue for local artists, writers and actors to socialize.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Esther Gehlin" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs stadslexikon. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d Gustavsson, Karin. "Esther Gehlin". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b Abildgaard, Hanne. "Esther Gehlin" (in Danish). Kunstineks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
