Jeanette Möller


Jeanette Möller, née Holmlund was a Swedish painter.

Biography

Möller was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of the merchant Nils Holmlund and Johanna Helena Torsslow. In 1849, she became one of four females accepted as students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm: the other three being Lea Ahlborn, Agnes Börjesson and Amalia Lindegren. Between 1851 and 1854, she was a student of the genre painter Vautier in Paris. On her return to Stockholm, she founded and managed an art studio for female students. From 1858, she spent her time divided between Sweden and Düsseldorf from Germany.
Jeanette Möller has been characterized as a genre painter. Her more known works include Shakespeare i sin studerkammare, Läsande munk, Sömmerska insomnad vid sitt arbete, Meditation and Flicka som matar höns. Jeanette Möller was an agré of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1861.

Personal life

In 1858 Jeanette Möller moved to Düsseldorf, Germany.
In 1860, she married Norwegian painter Niels Bjørnson Møller. Their son Björn Möller was born during 1862. Their daughter Johanna Björnson Möller was married to economist Gustav Cassel.
Jeanette Möller died during 1872 and Niels Möller died during 1887, both in Düsseldorf.