Tekla Nordström

She decided to pursue xylography, studying first with Wilhelm Meyer then Jonas Engberg [sv].

From 1878 to 1880, she lived in Paris, where she studied with Engberg's teacher, Auguste Trichon [de], who was known for her engravings of bible illustrations by Gustave Doré.

From Paris, she went to the Swedish artists' colony at Grez-sur-Loing which, in 1882, included Carl Larsson, her future husband Karl Nordström, Richard Bergh, Johan Tirén, Karin Bergöö, Julia Beck and Emma Löwstedt.

There, she began to produce her own illustrations, beginning with Larsson's drawings for Samlade skaldeförsök (Collected Poetic Essays), by Anna Maria Lenngren.

She spent the following years making engravings and woodcuts of works by her husband, Bruno Liljefors, Richard Bergh, Georg Pauli, Eugène Jansson, Alfred Wahlberg and Nils Kreuger.