Children with chickens
Classic paper row from the last century with motifs on both sides.
Developed and placed on table, chest of drawers or in windows for maximum effect
Length: 60 cm
Height: 14 cm
New print < br> Made in Sweden
Jenny Nyström
Jenny Eugenia Nyström (married Nyström-Stoopendaal), born 13 June 1854 in Kalmar, died 17 January 1946 in Stockholm. Jenny was a Swedish artist and illustrator.
She is best known for giving Santa a face in Sweden, mainly through her illustrations of Christmas cards.
Nyström was born as a daughter of the folk teacher and castle office Daniel Nyström and his wife Annette Eleonora Bergendahl. At the age of eight, the family came to Majorna in Gothenburg, where the father became the first teacher at the Carlgrenska school or Flicko-Slöjdskolan at Stigbergstorget (on the site of the cinema Kaparen).
For five years, Jenny Nyström attended a school - near her father's teacher's residence - which was housed in sailmaker Leffler's house on the General Road. In 1865 she started in Gothenburg's Museum, Drawing and Painting School, and started painting in oil as early as fifteen. She was a student at the Art Academy in Stockholm during the years 1873–1881.
At the end of her education at the Academy of Fine Arts, she shared first place as a student with Richard Hall in the academy's competition, and was therefore able to apply for a scholarship for further education in Paris. She was the first woman to win the contest at the Academy of Art, and during her time in Paris, 1882–1886, was exhibited at the great Paris Salon in 1884.
On May 24, 1887, she married Daniel Stoopendaal and they got 25 June 1893 son Curt Nyström Stoopendaal. The son carried on the family tradition, and he is also a famous Christmas card illustrator.
Nyström's illustrations were distributed by the company Strålin & Persson in Falun, where she worked for many years.
At Kalmar County Museum there is a basic exhibition with works and drawings by Jenny Nyström. She is also represented at the Gothenburg Art Museum, the National Museum, the Nordic Museum in Stockholm and the Kalmar Art Museum.
Jenny Nyström-Stoopendaal is buried at Norra burial ground in Stockholm.
Jenny Nyströmsskolan in Kalmar got her name after her.