Archives photographiques personnelles de la famille LINDBERG – ARFA

Gustava Emelie Lindberg (1867-1926), Johan Lindberg (1837-1914), Sigrid Lindberg (1871-1942), Elsa Lindberg Arfa (1871-1942), Ibrahim Arfa (1903-1943), Fatmeh Arfa (1906-1980) Around 160 prints, a manuscript (Quatuor du jeu du plaisir by Elsa Lindberg, 1898), postcards, sketchbook, press articles, negatives, illustrating the life of the Lindberg - Arfa' family in Sweden, the social life of their daughter and grandchildren, notably at the Villa Ispahan in Monaco. Johan Lindberg, an eminent professor of music at the Royal Academy of Sweden, and Gustava Emelie Lindberg, a pianist of Finnish origin, had three daughters: Gerda, who died young; Sigrid, who became a renowned violinist; and Elsa, a writer, who married Prince Arfa. From this union were born Ibrahim Arfa and Fatmeh Arfa. Fatmeh Arfa pursued a career as a ballerina, training with Enrico Sechetti at La Scala in Milan between 1926 and 1928. In 1934, she married Gabriel Bonneau, a French diplomat, and took the name Sylvia Bonneau princesse Arfa. This set includes portraits of Fatmeh by the Russian-born Swedish photographer Anna Riwkin (1908 - 1970), and by the famous Finnish photographer Heinrich Iffland (1897-1944). Personal photographic archives of the LINDBERG - ARFA family with Gustava Emelie Lindberg (1867-1926), Johan Lindberg (1837-1914), Sigrid Lindberg (1871-1942), Elsa Lindberg Arfa (1871-1942), Ibrahim Arfa (1903-1943), Fatmeh Arfa (1906-1980). Around 160 prints, a manuscript (Quatuor du jeu du plaisir by Elsa Lindberg, 1898), postcards, sketchbook, press articles, negatives, illustrating the life of the Lindberg - Arfa' family in Sweden, the social life of their daughter and grandchildren, notably at the Villa Ispahan in Monaco. Johan Lindberg, an eminent professor of music at the Royal Swedish Academy, and Gustava Emelie Lindberg, a pianist of Finnish origin, had three daughters: Gerda, who died young; Sigrid, who became a renowned violinist; and Elsa, a writer, who married Prince Arfa. From this union were born Ibrahim Arfa and Fatmeh Arfa. Fatmeh Arfa went on to become a ballerina, after training with Enrico Sechetti at La Scala in Milan between 1926 and 1928. In 1934, she married Gabriel Bonneau, a French diplomat, and took the name Sylvia Bonneau princesse Arfa. This set includes portraits of Fatmeh by the Russian-born Swedish photographer Anna Riwkin (1908-1970) and the famous Finnish photographer Heinrich Iffland (1897-1944).