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Med Jenny Nyströms bild av vår
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”Vår svenska tomte skall vara gråklädd”
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På Kalmar museums hemsida
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Jenny Eugenia Nyström (born June 13 or June 15, 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden; died January 17,
1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator
of children’s books, but is mainly known as the person who created the Swedes’
image of the “jultomte” on numerous Christmas cards
and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus
to the gnomes of Scandinavian folklore.
Childhood, education and family life
Her father was a school
teacher and piano teacher, and also the cantor of the Kalmar Castle Church . When Jenny Nyström was eight years old, the
family moved to Gothenburg, where her father had found a better paying teaching job. In 1865 she
started in the Gothenburg art school Göteborgs Musei-, Rit- och Målarskola,
today known as Konsthögskolan Valand, and in 1873 she was admitted to the Royal Swedish
Academy of Arts in Stockholm, where she studied for
eight years. Thanks to a scholarship, this was followed by studies in Paris 1882-1886, at Académie Colarossi and Académie Julian.
While in Paris Sweden Da niel Stoopendaal,
brother of fellow artists Ferdinand Stoopendaal. Wilhelm Johan Stoopendaal,
Georg Stoopendaal and Ebba Stoopendaal. Due to tuberculosis Da niel was never able to finish his studies and take
up his intended profession. It was instead up to Jenny to support herself, her
husband and their son through her artistry, while Da niel
handled her business affairs. He died in 1927. In 1933 her son,
Curt Nyström Stoopendahl, followed in her footsteps and also became a popular
postcard and poster artist, staying very close to his mother’s artistic style.
Even his signature, “Curt Nyström”, looked like his mother’s. Likewise, her
brother-in-law, Georg Stoopendaal (1866-1953), already in the beginning of the
19th century found postcards to be a good source of income, contrary to his
more serious paintings, and his Christmas cards are also clearly inspired by
Jenny Nyström's.
Jenny Eugenia Nyström (born June 13 or June 15, 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden; died January 17,
1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator
of children’s books, but is mainly known as the person who created the Swedes’
image of the “jultomte” on numerous Christmas cards
and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus
to the gnomes of Scandinavian folklore.
Childhood, education and family life
Her father was a school
teacher and piano teacher, and also the cantor of the Kalmar Castle Church . When Jenny Nyström was eight years old, the
family moved to Gothenburg, where her father had found a better paying teaching job. In 1865 she
started in the Gothenburg art school Göteborgs Musei-, Rit- och Målarskola,
today known as Konsthögskolan Valand, and in 1873 she was admitted to the Royal Swedish
Academy of Arts in Stockholm, where she studied for
eight years. Thanks to a scholarship, this was followed by studies in Paris 1882-1886, at Académie Colarossi and Académie Julian.
While in Paris Sweden Da niel Stoopendaal,
brother of fellow artists Ferdinand Stoopendaal. Wilhelm Johan Stoopendaal,
Georg Stoopendaal and Ebba Stoopendaal. Due to tuberculosis Da niel was never able to finish his studies and take
up his intended profession. It was instead up to Jenny to support herself, her
husband and their son through her artistry, while Da niel
handled her business affairs. He died in 1927. In 1933 her son,
Curt Nyström Stoopendahl, followed in her footsteps and also became a popular
postcard and poster artist, staying very close to his mother’s artistic style.
Even his signature, “Curt Nyström”, looked like his mother’s. Likewise, her
brother-in-law, Georg Stoopendaal (1866-1953), already in the beginning of the
19th century found postcards to be a good source of income, contrary to his
more serious paintings, and his Christmas cards are also clearly inspired by
Jenny Nyström's.
Jenny Eugenia Nyström (born June 13 or June 15, 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden; died January 17,
1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator
of children’s books, but is mainly known as the person who created the Swedes’
image of the “jultomte” on numerous Christmas cards
and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus
to the gnomes of Scandinavian folklore.
