Mimi Falsen
Mimi Falsen | |
|---|---|
 self portrait | |
| Born | Marie Bolette Wilhelmine Falsen 29 May 1861 Bergen, Norway |
| Died | 29 January 1957 (aged 95) Bærum, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Known for | Painting |
Marie (Mimi) Bolette Wilhelmine Falsen (1861–1957) was a Norwegian painter.
Biography
Falsen was born 29 May 1861 in Bergen. She attended the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Bouve, both in Paris.[1] She also studied with Richard Bergh and Anders Zorn in Stockholm, Sweden and with Niels Skovgaard and Viggo Pedersen in Copenhagen, Denmark. She returned to Norway in 1905.[2]
She exhibited frequently at the Oslo Kunstforening (Oslo Art Society), the Høstutstillingen, (the State's Annual Art Exhibition, Kristiania), and the Charlottenborgutstillingen (the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition).[1]
Falsen exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
In 1905 Falsen founded the Malerinneforbundet (the Painting Federation), and in 1928 she founded the Bildende Kunstnerins federation.[3]
Falsen died 29 January 1957 in Bærum.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Alfsen, Glenny. "Mimi Falsen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ a b Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Kirkholt, Tore. "Mimi Falsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
