SOFIA GISBERG (1854-1926), Skogsglänta, monogram signed Signed SG, watercolour.

approx. 27x19 cm frame size 42x34 cm SOFIA GISBERG Sofia Gisberg had a very wide range in her artistry. She gained most attention as a designer and textile artist, but she was also active as a sculptor and painter.
During the years 1877-86, she trained as a pattern designer at the High School of Art and Industry in Stockholm. In 1890 she became head teacher there.
She received her training in painting at Kerstin Cardon's art school, a school that came to be of great importance to many female artists, including Hilma af Klint.

Sofia Gisberg undertook a series of study trips to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, France and England, among others. For a time, she worked as a lithographer at Centraltryckeriet in Stockholm.
As a designer, she became primarily known for designing the Swedish Academy of Sciences' Nobel diploma for physics and chemistry for many years, but she also designed objects such as candlesticks and inkwells.
In addition, she worked in larger formats, where her most famous work is the fountain sculpture in Vängåvans park in Sundsvall. In textile art, she made a great contribution with a long series of works for church purposes, among which can be mentioned decorations in the German Church in Stockholm.

In 1867, Sofia Gisberg became a board member of Handarbetets vänner and she was one of the prize judges at the Stockholm exhibition in 1897. She received the "Litteris et artibus" medal in 1901, which is awarded to prominent artists, and in 1924 she received the Swedish government's reward medal "Illis quorum", an award given to people for outstanding contributions to, among other things, culture and science.
Painting was Sofie Gisberg's main occupation during her early career and works such as this current watercolor are very rare on the market.