Background
Cervin was the daughter of August Cervin and Emma Brattén.
Cervin was the daughter of August Cervin and Emma Brattén.
She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm between 1898–1903, at the Académie Colarossi in Paris between 1903–1904, and at the Harriet Backer School in Oslo between 1907–1908.
Early
She worked in Sweden. At first she mainly painted still life portraits and landscape paintings, mostly with oil. She became known for her skill copying family portraits and older paintings.
She was featured in several Swedish artists" exhibitions and in the exhibition Fem målarinnor in Värmlands Museum in 1948, and at Lund University"s art exhibition in 1919.