Crossing Borders -Travelling Women Artists in the 1800s

Crossing Borders tells the story of pioneering women artists – Nordics, Baltic Germans, Poles and Germans – who studied and worked in Germany in the 1800s. There is a particular focus on the contacts and social networks created by these artists in Dresden, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Munich, Weimar and Berlin. Trips to Italy by some artists form a side path.

Cities in present-day Germany were seen as centres of art, culture and science, while the Nordic countries, the Baltic states and Poland were on the periphery. In addition to the artists’ biographies, presentations of their work and the networks they created, the book’s 18 articles deal specifically with women’s opportunities for education and travel. Crossing Borders presents the latest research on female artists’ opportunities to work in the art field in the nineteenth century. The contributors include 17 researchers from the eight countries studied.

• Publisher: Ateneum, 2025.
• Editor: Hanne Selkokari.
• Writers: Anne-Maria Pennonen, Andreas Dehmer, Helena Hätönen, Kathrin DuBois, Nina Köppert, Sine Krogh, Eva-Lena Bengtsson, Sandra Lorentzen, Marcell Perse, Natalie Gutgesell, Christin Conrad, Agnieszka Baginska, Inger M. Lund Gudmundson, Carina Rech, Kadi Polli, Liisa Lindgren.
• ISBN 978-952-7371-81-7
• Size 21 x 27 cm, 256 pages.
• Hardccover.
• Language English.