Anna Maria Thelott
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Anna Maria Thelott was a Swedish
artist
, and one of the first self-supporting and professional female artists in Scandinavia
. She was an engraver, an illustrator
, a woodcut
-artist, and a miniaturist painter
.
, and the sibling of the artist Philip Jacob Thelott the Younger, and worked as a child with her brothers and her father in her father's studio in the work in illustrating the works of Olof Rudbeck the Older, "Campus Elysii" and "Atlantica"; soon, she started to contribute to the household by taking assignments herself and performing different artistic works for money, thereby becoming an independent artist.
The family originally lived in Uppsala
, but moved to Stockholm
after the great fire of Uppsala in 1702. In her father's old age, he lived with Anna Maria, not her brothers, and it was she who supported him after he could no longer work himself.
Anna Maria was a manysided artist, versatile and talented in many areas. She performed woodcuts, and engravings at the side of drawings and illustrations of both allegoric and religious motives, miniatures and pictures of both animals and landscapes. She made eleven woodcuts of German
cities with texts for the paper Posttidningen in 1706. and was frequently hired to illustrate the works of Johan Peringskiöld
.
In 1710, Anna Maria Thelott became one of the many victims of the last plague in Sweden, and died in Stockholm at the age of twenty seven.
In the university of Uppsala, a sketch book of Anna Maria Thelott is preserved, made between 1704 and 1709.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, and one of the first self-supporting and professional female artists in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
. She was an engraver, an illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, a woodcut
Woodcut
Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...
-artist, and a miniaturist painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
.
Biography and career
Anna Maria was the child of the artist Philip Jacob Thelott the Older, originally from SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and the sibling of the artist Philip Jacob Thelott the Younger, and worked as a child with her brothers and her father in her father's studio in the work in illustrating the works of Olof Rudbeck the Older, "Campus Elysii" and "Atlantica"; soon, she started to contribute to the household by taking assignments herself and performing different artistic works for money, thereby becoming an independent artist.
The family originally lived in Uppsala
Uppsala
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, but moved to Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
after the great fire of Uppsala in 1702. In her father's old age, he lived with Anna Maria, not her brothers, and it was she who supported him after he could no longer work himself.
Anna Maria was a manysided artist, versatile and talented in many areas. She performed woodcuts, and engravings at the side of drawings and illustrations of both allegoric and religious motives, miniatures and pictures of both animals and landscapes. She made eleven woodcuts of German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
cities with texts for the paper Posttidningen in 1706. and was frequently hired to illustrate the works of Johan Peringskiöld
Johan Peringskiöld
Johan Peringskiöld was born in Strängnäs and died in Stockholm .His father was Lars Fredrik Peringer, a senior master at the gymnasium and his mother Anna Maria Mulich. He began his studies at Uppsala University in 1677 and he was an ardent student of the national antiquities...
.
In 1710, Anna Maria Thelott became one of the many victims of the last plague in Sweden, and died in Stockholm at the age of twenty seven.
In the university of Uppsala, a sketch book of Anna Maria Thelott is preserved, made between 1704 and 1709.