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"Portrait of a Little Girl, Elise Købke, with a Cup," Carl Christian Constantin Hansen, 1850.

Hansen (1804-1880) was one of the big names in the Danish Golden Age of painting (mostly the first half of the 19th century), which itself borrowed heavily from German Romanticism, the influence of which can be seen here.

His father was a portrait painter, and his godmother was Constanze Mozart (!), and his family traveled from Rome to Vienna to Copenhagen while he was still an infant. After his training as an artist, he traveled all over Europe, painting landscapes, mythological scenes, altarpieces, and portraits like this one. He did a series of paintings based on Norse mythology, intending to create a sort of national art of Denmark.

The poor thing here looks profoundly bored and uninterested. I know nothing of her, but I'm guessing from her name that she was a relative of Hansen's wife.

I still prefer the Skagen school, myself!

From the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.

A painting from the Danish Golden Age. A bored-looking child sits at a table with a cup and saucer before her, one arm resting on the table, and with the other she rests her elbow and holds a spoon. She is dressed in a brown dress with white lace at the collar, and a hairnet hold her blonde hair. She looks directly at us, uninterested and unimpressed.
#Art#DanishArt#DanishGoldenAge
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"Edvard Munch," Asta Nørregaard, 1885.

Nørregaard (1853-1933) was never part of the artistic elite in either Paris or her native Norway, but she was a busy and in-demand portraitist. She featured in many exhibitions during her lifetime, and even received a medal from King Haakon VII of Norway in 1920.

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is one of history's most acclaimed painters, with an easily recognizable style. His oeuvre was influenced by his mental health struggles as much as it was by the Expressionism of his time. His "Scream" is perhaps one of the most iconic paintings in the modern art world, and a work copied and parodied almost to death.

From the Munch Museum, Oslo.

A portrait of artist Edvard Munch. He sits before an easel with a canvas showing a seated figure. Dressed in black, he looks off to our left, with an earnest yet tempestuous expression. One hand holds a sketch pad in his lap, the other is hooked on one of his pockets.
#Art#NordicArt#WomenArtists
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"Nordic Summer's Evening," Richard Bergh, 1899/1900.

I love how their bodies are turned toward each other, but they're both looking away....what's going on? The models are known; the woman is singer Karin Pyk, and the man is Prince Eugen of Sweden and Norway, although they were painted in at different times. Simultaneously restful and enigmatic, sadly overlooked.

From the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden.

Two people stand on a porch looking out over a lake. Trees are in full leaf and are reflected in the still water. On the left, a woman in a white dress leans against a pole; on the right, a man in a suit also leans on another pole. While their bodies are turned toward each other, their faces are turned to look at the view. There's a sense of a lull in conversation, or perhaps discomfort.
#art#WomenInArt#NordicArt
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