Brita Barnekow (b. Copenhagen 1868, d. Frederikshavn 1936)
A woman reading by the window. Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid on cardboard. 31×25 cm.
Brita Barnekow was a student of the painters Marie Vilhelmine Bang (in 1883–85) and Frants Henningsen (in 1885–87). In the years 1889–93, she studied at the newly established Academy of Fine Arts’ School for Women (Kunstakademiets Kunstskole for Kvinder), from which she did not graduate, but received praise and a scholarship. She later travelled to Paris, where she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. She also travelled to London and Italy. Barnekow exhibited for many years at the Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg and several times at the Artists’ Autumn Exhibitions. She also participated in the Women’s Exhibition (Kvindernes Udstilling fra Fortid og Nutid) in 1895 and the Women Artists’ Retrospective Exhibition (Kvindelige Kunstneres Retrospektive Udstilling) in 1920 in Copenhagen.
Provenance: The artist, thence by descent.
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Paintings & drawings, 30 November 2021