Julia Beck

Julia Beck (20 December 1853 – 21 September 1935)[1][2] was a Swedish painter and calligrapher.

She then studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (1872–1878) and later at the Académie Julian in Paris (1883–1884), where her teachers included Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérôme.

[3] For a time she rented a studio in Paris with Harriet Backer, Hildegard Thorell, and Anna Munthe-Norstedt,[4] and she also spent time at the Grez-sur-Loing art colony.

[5] In 1886, she became a member of Nya Idun, a Swedish women's association.

[5] Media related to Julia Beck at Wikimedia Commons

Julia Beck, Nénuphars (Näckrosor) , oil on canvas, ca. 1887-88.
Portrait of Olga Björkegren with just the canvas as a background.
Portrait of Olga Björkegren done by Julia Beck at Grez-sur-Loing in 1884.Oil on canvas.