Andrea Gram

Grete Ingeborg Johanne Andrea Gram (20 March 1853 – 10 May 1927) was a Norwegian painter. She is best known for her landscapes and portraits.

Grete Ingeborg Johanne Andrea Gram
Born(1853-03-20)March 20, 1853
Norderhov, Norway
DiedMay 10, 1927(1927-05-10) (aged 74)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalityNorwegian
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
Emil Kleen
(
m. after 1881)

She was born at the family estate Ask gods in the village of Ask at Norderhov parish in Buskerud. She was a daughter of Major General Johan Georg Boll Gram (1809–1873). [1][2]She was a sister of Jens Gram, granddaughter of Magistrate Jens Jensen Gram, first cousin of Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram and aunt of Johan Fredrik Gram and Mads Gram.[3] She married Swedish physician Emil Kleen in 1881 and moved to Stockholm.[2]

She took her education at Knud Bergslien's painting school, and also studied under Eilif Peterssen in the 1870s. In 1879, Peterssen married Andrea Gram's sister Nicoline (1850–1882).[2] Other of Peterssen students at the time were Harriet Backer, Kitty Kielland and Asta Nørregaard. [4]

References
  1. "Ask gods". faktaark.naturbase. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  2. Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Andrea Gram". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  3. Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Gram – slekt etter Mads Nielsen Gram". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. Kokkin, Jan (2001). "Eilif Peterssen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2009.


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