AXELINA HAMMARSTRAND

b. 1855, Stockholm, Sweden
d. 1933, Stockholm, Sweden

SELECTED WORKS

BIOGRAPHY

Like her close friend Maria Löwstädt, Axelina Hammarstrand trained as a physiotherapist at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute (Kungliga Gymnastiska Centralinstitutet) in Stockholm. Löwstädt introduced her to the Edelweiss Society, of which she became a member in 1895 and remained a member throughout her life. Like Maria Löwstädt, she also became a drawing medium. A few drawings as well as two excellent sketchbooks of her mediumistic drawings have survived, one of which is in the CoMA collection.

Her drawings are particularly interesting because they cover a wide range, from figurative depictions, especially portraits or bust portraits of the deceased and higher beings, to ornamental and completely abstract pictures.
No further details of her life are known.

EXHBITIONS

2021 Eine Zeitreise zur Quelle der Inspiration (werksdialog #4: Monica von Rosen – Hilma af Klint) [A journey through time to the source of inspiration], Villa Blunk, Wriezen, Germany, September 12. – November 21, 2021

2020 Hilma af Klint und das wilde Zeichnen. [Hilma af Klint and the wild drawing.] Grisebach, Berlin, Germany, March 17 – April 11, 2020