Ulrika Melin

Ulrika Melin (1767–1834) was a Swedish textile artist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

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Ulrika Melin
Born	1767 (1767)
Died	1834 (aged 66–67)
Known for	Textile art
Spouse	Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva ​ ​ (m. 1788)​
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She was born to Major Lars Melin and was a sister of General Major Henrik Georg Melin. She was married to the governor of Västerås Castle, Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva, in 1788. Melin was a textile artist with "an unusual ability to sew landskapes".^[1] In 1784, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts for a work in white sateen inspired by the work of Claude Lorrain.^{[citation needed]}

• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
• Dahlberg och Hagström: Svenskt konstlexikon. Allhems Förlag (1953) Malmö.

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