deaths
March 24, 1948
Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1885)

Sigrid Hjertén
Sigrid Hjertén was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist for 30 years before dying of complications from a lobotomy for schizophrenia.
March 24
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.