Ida Matton
Ida Elisabeth Matton, was a Swedish sculptor.Biography
Matton was born on 24 February 1863 in Gävle. She studied at Kungliga Tekniska högskolan in Stockholm She subsequently traveled to Paris to continue her studies. There she attended the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Julian.
In 1888 she exhibited at the Paris Salon. She continued exhibiting her work in Europe; in 1896 at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, in 1987 at the Art Exhibition in Stockholm, in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle, and in 1901 at the Art Exhibition in Gefle.
She also exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1914 with the outbreak of WWI Matton returned to Sweden. She moved back to Paris after the war, and then returned home to Gävle in 1932.
Matton died on 7 July 1940 in Gävle. Her Sculpted Portrait of a Woman is in the collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.Gallery
