Amanda Sidwall

Amanda Carolina Vilhelmina Sidwall (25 July 1844 – 11 January 1892) was a Swedish painter and illustrator.

Together with her sister Mathilda, she first studied ornamental and figure drawing in 1860 at the Arts and Crafts School in Stockholm.

She was among the first group of students to study at the women's department of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts when it opened in 1864.

[2] Together with fellow-student Anna Nordgren, she then continued her studies under Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian[1] in Paris (1874–77), developing a much freer style, as can be seen in her portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg.

[3][4] She remained in Paris for several years, receiving good reviews and exhibiting at the Musée du Luxembourg, where she sold two works, including Lecture intéressante showing a girl reading to an old man.