Career
Born to the noble Gabriel Sparre, captain of the royal regiment of Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden. Wendela Gustafva Sparre was known and acknowledged as a non-professional artist in embroidery. In 1797, she participated in the art exhibition of the academy with a work depicting a Lanskape of the South.
The same year, she was elected to the Swedish Royal Academy of Arts.
Perhaps her best known work is Flodlandskap (Riverside) from 1796.
