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Harriet Backer

1845 - 1932

Harriet Backer
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Harriet Backer

Born 1845 Died 1932

Primi Anni e Formazione Nascita e Famiglia: Harriet Backer nacque il 21 gennaio 1845 a Høm, in Norvegia, da Nils Backer, un mercante navale, e Sofie Smith Petersen, proveniente da una famiglia benestante. Era la quarta di quattro figlie. Educazione Iniziale: La famiglia si trasferì a Christiania (Oslo) nel 1856. Harriet frequentò la Wilhemine Autentrieth Girls' School (1857–1860) e la Hartvig Nissen School (1863). Inizi Artistici: Iniziò a prendere lezioni di disegno e pittura all'età di dodici anni con Joachim Calmeyer nel 1857. Formazione Formale: Backer intraprese una formazione artis…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of Harriet Backer's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.