Anna Nordgren

[1] She attended the girls' school in Skara, where her teachers noticed her artistic talent and began giving her lessons in oil painting.

In 1865, she enrolled in formal studies at the Slöjdskolan Stockholm and later became one of the first female students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.

[2][3][4][5] She began her studies at the Académie Julian with Tony Robert-Fleury (1837–1911) and took additional lessons at the private academy of Carolus-Duran.

She became close friends with Russian artist Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884) and was able to exhibit at the Salon de Paris in 1879.

[6] Her next stopping point was London, where she participated in numerous exhibitions, including two solo showings at the Clifford Galleries in 1894 and 1897.