Hanna Hirsch-Pauli
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Hanna Hirsch, later Hanna Pauli (Stockholm 13 January 1864 – Solna 29 December 1940) was a Swedish painter.
Hanna Hirsch was a daughter of music publisher Abraham Hirsch. She was a friend of Eva Bonnier
, and they followed each other through the painting school of August Malmström
, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
in Stockholm. Hanna Hirsch studied in Paris from 1885 until 1887 and shared studio with Bonnier for part of that time. She had her portrait of the Finnish sculptress Venny Soldan (now in the Gothenburg Art Museum) accepted to the Paris Salon
in 1887. The portrait is realistic and unconventional for its time in portraying a female artist at work (sitting on the floor with clay in her hands) rather than in proper bourgeois attire.
As was the case with most other Swedish artists of her generation, her painting stood closer to the French juste milieu
painters than to the most impressionists; nevertheless, the thickly applied paint she used to show specs of light on the white table cloth on her 1887 painting Frukostdags (Breakfast time) (in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) provoked one critic to comment that she had probably used the cloth to clean her brushes.
In 1887 she married the painter Georg Pauli
and traveled with him to Italy for a year.
Her lifetime production was sparse and mostly consisting of portraits, such as the one of painter Karl Nordström
(1890; in the Bonnier portrait collection, Nedre Manilla, Stockholm), writer Verner von Heidenstam
as Hans Alienus (one of his literary characters, 1896), writer Selma Lagerlöf
(1932, Nationalmuseum) and the group portrait Vänner ("Friends", 1907, Nationalmuseum) showing writer Ellen Key
reading to a group in the home of the Pauli family.
Hanna Hirsch was a daughter of music publisher Abraham Hirsch. She was a friend of Eva Bonnier
Eva Bonnier
Eva Fredrika Bonnier was a Swedish painter and philanthropist.- Biography :Born in Stockholm as a daughter of publisher Albert Bonnier and a member of a leading family of publishers, Eva Bonnier studied painting with August Malmström and became a student in the women's section of the Royal Swedish...
, and they followed each other through the painting school of August Malmström
August Malmström
Johan August Malmström was a Swedish painter and professor at the Swedish Academy of Arts from 1867 to 1894 and the manager of the same institution from 1887 to 1893. Attracted by gothicismus he collected motives from Norse mythology. He is also appreciated for his country motives with children...
, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
in Stockholm. Hanna Hirsch studied in Paris from 1885 until 1887 and shared studio with Bonnier for part of that time. She had her portrait of the Finnish sculptress Venny Soldan (now in the Gothenburg Art Museum) accepted to the Paris Salon
Paris Salon
The Salon , or rarely Paris Salon , beginning in 1725 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the Western world...
in 1887. The portrait is realistic and unconventional for its time in portraying a female artist at work (sitting on the floor with clay in her hands) rather than in proper bourgeois attire.
As was the case with most other Swedish artists of her generation, her painting stood closer to the French juste milieu
Juste Milieu
The Juste Milieu art movement is a term originally used to describe a form of painting and philosophy that reconciled two dominant art movements in 19th century France between the conservative, academic artists and the independent artists known as the Impressionists.- Prominent Juste Milieu...
painters than to the most impressionists; nevertheless, the thickly applied paint she used to show specs of light on the white table cloth on her 1887 painting Frukostdags (Breakfast time) (in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) provoked one critic to comment that she had probably used the cloth to clean her brushes.
In 1887 she married the painter Georg Pauli
Georg Pauli
Georg Vilhelm Pauli was a Swedish painter.Pauli was born in Jönköping. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm in 1871-75 and 1878-79, and studied and worked in France and Italy for several years during the 1870s and 1880s. He studied naturalist in- and outdoor painting, influenced...
and traveled with him to Italy for a year.
Her lifetime production was sparse and mostly consisting of portraits, such as the one of painter Karl Nordström
Karl Nordström
Karl Fredrik Nordström was a Swedish painter and one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, which he chaired from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920....
(1890; in the Bonnier portrait collection, Nedre Manilla, Stockholm), writer Verner von Heidenstam
Verner von Heidenstam
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912...
as Hans Alienus (one of his literary characters, 1896), writer Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....
(1932, Nationalmuseum) and the group portrait Vänner ("Friends", 1907, Nationalmuseum) showing writer Ellen Key
Ellen Key
Ellen Karolina Sofia Key was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement...
reading to a group in the home of the Pauli family.