Born to a middle-class family in Sundsvall, Sigrid Hjertén lost her mother at a very young age. She studied to be a drawing teacher at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, and in 1908 became a tapestry card designer for Giöbels, a decorative arts company. Encouraged by the young painter Isaac Grünewald...
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Borgh Bertorp K., Sigrid Hjertén, l’héritière de Matisse au Grand Nord (exhibition catalogue), Paris, Centre culturel suédois, 1998; Nordic Artist Couples around 1900 (exhibition catalogue), Skagen, Skagens Museum, 2006.
