Francis Brooks Chadwick (American, 1850-1943) Portrait of Emma Löwstadt-Chadwick, wife of the artist. Circa 1900. Charcoal drawing on cream vellum. Sight : 307 x 422. Signed in pen and ink along the model's right shoulder. Other signature (amputated by a rectification of the left margin) a little further down. Light foxing and slight traces of folding. Stamp R. T. stamp on mount. Emma Chadwick (1855-1932), born Löwstadt in Stockholm, was herself a painter and engraver. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1874 to 1880. The following year, she moved to Paris and entered the Académie Julian. She married Francis Brooks Chadwick in 1882. The couple had three children. For most of her life, she lived in Grez-sur-Loing, a town with a community of Scandinavian and American painters, but often traveled to Brittany. She exhibited at the Salon de Paris until 1924, mainly with engravings. Provenance: estate of the artist Francis Brooks Chadwick (1850-1943).