Gerda Ahlm

Gerda Maria Ahlm (May 24, 1869 – 1956) was a Swedish-born painter and art conservator.

[2][3] She studied at the Académie Colarossi in Paris and traveled in Italy, England, Norway, and Belgium.

[4] Her skill and reputation were such that she gained a number of important commissions, including restoring family portraits belonging to Queen Victoria of Sweden.

[4] In 1903, she emigrated to the United States and took up a position as assistant restorer at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

[1][2][3] She continued to exhibit her own paintings of landscapes, domestic interiors, and portraits of women executed in a loosely Impressionist style.