Emma Thomsen (painter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Danish painter
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Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About 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.
- The painting was subsequently bought by Count A.W.
- Moltke.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.
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