Carolina Benedicks-Bruce
| Carolina Benedicks-Bruce | |
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Carolina Benedicks-Bruce with L'obsédé
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| Born |
Carolina Maria Benedicks 28 October 1856 , Sweden |
| Died | 16 February 1935 (aged 78) Visby, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Known for | Brucebo |
| Notable work | The wounded bather |
| Spouse(s) | William Blair Bruce |
| Awards |
Mention Honorable, le Salon, Paris 1893 |
| Website | brucebostiftelsen |
Carolina Maria Benedicks-Bruce (28 October 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Swedish sculptor. After studies at the Academy of Arts in Sweden she went to France, at first to study and later to live and work at the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing where she met her husband William Blair Bruce. With him she returned to Sweden and together they created the artists estate Brucebo on Gotland, which was later established as a nature reserve. She also worked actively with the preservation of heritage buildings, women's right to vote and establishing the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Service.
Benedicks, born on 28 October 1856 in Stockholm, was the daughter of Karolina Charlotta (born Cantzler) and Edward Otto Benedicks, wealthy owner of Gysinge, a part of Sandviken ironworks. Her brother, Gustaf Benedicks, inherited the iron works and was a member of the Swedish Riksdag. She also had a sister and two half-siblings from her father's second marriage. Her half-brother was physicist Carl Benedicks. There were many artists on her mother's side of the family: several of her uncles and her grandmother were painters, among them Johan Oscar Cantzler and Axel Leopold Cantzler. It was through them that Benedicks' artistry was cultivated and developed. She started at the August Malmström art school for women, and from 20 August 1881 until the spring of 1885, she became the first female student in the sculpture class at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.
Benedicks met other female artists at the academy including Hilma af Klint and Gerda Rydberg with whom she travelled to France in 1883. Most of their time was spent in Paris and at the Swedish artist colony in Grez-sur-Loing. After completing her studies at the academy in Stockholm, she returned to France where she became the student of sculptor Alexandre Falguière. She also returned to Grez-sur-Loing, where many of the more prominent Scandinavian painters at the time would gather during the 1880s. Benedicks met with artists such as Carl Larsson and his wife Karin Bergöö Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Christian Krohg and Peder Severin Krøyer. In Grez, the Swedish artists created their own, criticized "salon" called Le Salon des Opposants.
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