She was born at
Mariestad to landowning family. The year she was born, they moved to Åsen, an estate near
Hjo. Ten years later, they returned to Mariestad then in the 1860s, lived at Sjögerås, another estate near
Falköping. She began her studies at the
Académie Julian with
Tony Robert-Fleury (1837–1911) and took additional lessons at the private academy of
Carolus-Duran. She would remain in Paris until 1883 and came under the influence of
Jules Bastien-Lepage. In 1876, two of her works were exhibited at the
Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia. The following year, one of the paintings she had on exhibit at the Royal Academy was purchased by King
Oscar. She became close friends with Russian artist
Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884) and was able to exhibit at the
Salon de Paris in 1879. After leaving Paris, she spent some time painting in
Brittany. Her next stopping point was London, where she participated in numerous exhibitions, including two solo showings at the Clifford Galleries in 1894 and 1897. She also showed her works in Glasgow, Liverpool and Birmingham. Her friends there included
James McNeill Whistler and the Irish painter,
Sarah Purser. She took
Constance Markievicz (then Constance Gore-Booth) as a student and, together with Purser, they took a study trip to Ireland in 1892. In 1899, she returned to Sweden, but continued to visit London on a regular basis. In 1904, her works were shown at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. She lived in various places, beginning with
Gothenburg, then in 1908 in
Drottningholm, the following year in Stockholm, then in Skara from 1913 until her death.{{cite web|url= http://emp-web-84.zetcom.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=7693&viewType=detailView |title= Anna Nordgren|publisher= nationalmuseum ==References==