Ida Silfverberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ida Silfverberg

Finnish painter

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1834

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1899

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ida Silfverberg (1834 – 1899) was a Finnish painter who painted in Germany, France and Italy. Silfverberg was born in Helsinki and by age 15, she began painting copies of paintings at the Finnish Art Association's exhibition in 1849.
She went on to paint copies of paintings by Dutch artists in the collection of the Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden.
In 1860, she won the second prize for the Finnish Ducat Competition for the promotion of young artists and in 1862, she won the first prize in the same competition.
Her Woman teaching a Child to Read was purchased by the Serliachus Museum as being by Pehr Hilleström and her true signature was only recently discovered after the forged Hillstrom signature was found to be fraudulent. Silfverberg died in Florence.
She is known as a copyist and portraitist as well as for her genre scenes.



Alternative names	I. G. Silfverberg; Ida Gustava Silfverberg; I. Silfverberg
Description	Finnish painter
Date of birth/death	23 January 1834	23 December 1899 / 20 December 1899
Location of birth/death	Helsinki	Florence
Authority control	: Q11864288