Emma Thomsen (painter)

Emma Augusta Thomsen (7 August 1820, Copenhagen — 6 November 1897) was a Danish flower painter who, from 1844, was a regular contributor to the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition. She sold two of her paintings to the Royal Painting Collection. In 1861, for her En Kurv med Blomster i det frie (A Basket of Flowers in the Open Air), she was awarded the Neuhausen Prize.[1] The painting was subsequently bought by Count A.W. Moltke.[2]

Thomsen was the daughter of the hotel owner Emanuel Thomsen and Anna Kirstine Ohlsen. She was introduced to flower painting by Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800–1856) but was self-taught in developing the art of painting flowers in their natural surroundings. In addition to exhibiting at Charlottenborg, she also presented her work in Stockholm and at the 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition.[3]

References
  1. Müller, Sigurd. "Thomsen, Emma Augusta" (in Danish). Dansk biografisk Lexikon, XVII. Bind. pp. 227–8. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. Gaze, Delia; Mihajlovic, Maja; Shrimpton, Leanda (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-1-884964-21-3.
  3. "Thomsen, Emma Augusta" (in Danish). Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 18 August 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.