Jenny Nyström

1854–1946 · Symbolism

Jenny Eugenia Nyström was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the jultomte on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus to the gnomes and tomtar of Scandinavian folklore.

15 paintings

• Portrait of a Boy
• Study for The Convalescent (1880)
• Old French Countrywoman (1885)
• Kvinna i bahytt (1885)
• Female model (1881)
• Italian model or Nude model before yellow background
• Reading granny (1882)
• Woman in armchair (1887)
• Loves, loves not (1873)
• Gustav Vasa as Child in front of King Hans (1881)
• Peasant woman in holiday attire (1876)
• The flower girl (1879)
• The Convalescent (1884)
• Self-portrait with her son (1895)
• Carmencita (1879)