Anna Wengberg

Anna Emelia Elisa Wengberg (1865–1936) was a Swedish painter specializing in portraits, who was a member of the Önningeby artists colony on the Finnish island of Åland.

1884) and Bengt Nordenberg in Düsseldorf (in 1884-1887), as well as in Paris (winter of 1890) under various teachers of Académie Colarossi, particularly Jean André Rixens and Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois.

[1] She became an active member of the Önningeby artists' colony on the island of Åland where she became a friend of Eva Acke, daughter of Zachris Topelius.

During her years in Finland she had an opportunity to meet some of the most prominent Finnish artistic workers, painters Albert Edelfelt, Eero Järnefelt, Helene Schjerfbeck, Venny Soldan-Brofeldt and Maria Wiik, sculptor Walter Runeberg.

[1] After Finland Anna returned to Sweden, and spent most of life in her home country, especially in Helsingborg, and also traveling to various parts of it for painting.

Portrait of J.A.G. Acke , 1888
Önningeby, 1888; oil on canvas; [ 1 ] National Museum of Sweden