Ulrica Fredrica Pasch (1735 - 1796)

• Was a Swedish rococo painter and miniaturist.
• Ulrika Pasch was the daughter of the painter Lorens Pasch the Elder and Anna Helena Beckman, the niece of the artist Johan Pasch, and the sister of the future painter Lorens Pasch the Younger.

• Ulrika Pasch was tutored in drawing and painting by their father.

• She was able to support both her father and her sister as a professional portrait painter.

• Ulrika Pasch is known to have painted details in her brother's painting, especially details in textiles and clothing.

• Pasch had an active and successful career until her death, and was frequently hired by members of the royal court and aristocracy. 

• As a person, Ulrika Pasch has been described as a humble character, who never claimed her work to be anything but a way of supporting herself.

• The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts was founded in 1773 and there were 15 members accepted by the academy that year.

• Pasch was the only female who was made a member that year.

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