Margareta Capsia

Margareta Capsia

Margareta Capsia (1682–June 20, 1759) was a Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait painter.

Biography and career

Capsia was born in Sweden, the child of Gottfried Capsia and Anna Schultz, and married the priest Jacob Gavelin in Stockholm in 1719. After the Great Northern War in 1721 they moved to Vasa in Finland, were Margareta became known as an altarpiece painter in Österbotten. In 1730, they moved to Turku, where she became a famous artist throughout Finland. Her altarpieces where described as individual illustrations of the bible, and she was regarded as one of the best painters in the genre together with Mikael Toppelius. She painted the altarpieces of a long line of churches, such as in the churches of Paltamo in 1727 and Säkylä in 1739. She died in Turku.

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