Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick (Swedish, 1855–1932), Beach Parasol, Brittany (Portrait of Amanda Sidwall), 1880. Oil on panel, 11 3/8 x 19 3/4 in. Private collection, Stockholm. Photo: Lars Engelhardt. Courtesy American Federation of Arts

Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick began her artistic training at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Following her graduation, she moved to Paris and enrolled at the Académie Julian, where she became friends with Marie Bashkirtseff. Löwstädt-Chadwick traveled to Brittany in the north of France several times, and included Breton motifs in a number of her paintings. She exhibited regularly in the Salon in the 1880s, earning honorable mentions for her work. In Sweden, she was involved in efforts to modernize the Swedish Royal Academy and exhibited with the Artists’ Union.

A fully illustrated catalogue, Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900, has been published by the American Federation of Arts and Yale University Press. Along with an art-historical overview by curator Laurence Madeline, the catalogue includes essays by Jane R. Becker, collections management associate, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Richard Kendall, former curator at large, Clark Art Institute; Bridget Alsdorf, associate professor, History of Art, Princeton University; and Vibeke Hansen, curator, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.