I love the Swedish artist Aina Stenberg.
She was born in 1885 in Stockholm, the second youngest of twelve children.
She loved to draw, and at the age of ten she approached a publisher with her first Christmas cards and…
…he accepted them!
She sold fifteen images and received fifteen kronor for them!
She went on to study art.
At art school she met her future husband, Helmaer (Mas Olle) Olsson.
He was from Dalarna, the home of Anna Lena!
After they were married, they bought an old farm in Dalarna.
They took the old log house and moved it to the village of Siljansnäs, high above Lake Siljan.
Aina loved to listen to old timers tell stories of superstitions and legends, especially those of elves, trolls and superstitions.
Many of those images made their way into her artwork.
She drew between 5000 and 6000 designs for Christmas, Easter and New Year cards during her career!
I hope you enjoyed these Easter cards.
5 Responses
February 27th, 2012 at 2:18 am
Those are neat!!! Couldn’t there be a new fabric line in there somewhere? Ha Ha!!!!
February 27th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Those cards are lovely…..beautiful drawings!
February 28th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
I love her drawings and can’t wait to see more.
February 29th, 2012 at 9:56 am
Daffodils! I hope I can find some of her prints. I think these might be inspiration for a new fabric line?
March 4th, 2012 at 9:03 am
I like her cards very much. I grew up with them. We always bought cards like these and sent for x-mas and easter. I did not know she lived in Siljansnäs. Will be interesting to visit there.
SE
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