Elisabeth Söderberg-Weixlgärtner

Elisabeth Pauline Therese Söderberg née Weixlgärtner (21 January 1912, Vienna — 9 March 1991, Gothenburg) was an Austrian-born Swedish painter, textile artist and art teacher who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. As a result of her Jewish heritage, after the Anschluß she was dismissed from the Austrian Artists Association and in early 1942 moved to Stockholm with her Swedish husband. In parallel with her employment as an art teacher in Swedish schools and at the University of Gothenburg, she painted landscapes and produced paintings, textiles and other decorations for many Swedish churches. Her works are represented in the County Museum of Gävleborg as well as in museums in Rome and Vienna.