As the sister of the painter Johannes Larsen, Christine Swane is included in a larger circle of performing artists. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1898–1901 and subsequently received instruction from Fritz Syberg, J.F. Willumsen and Harald Giersing. Around 1910 she married the painter Sigurd Swane, but the marriage broke up in 1920. Unlike many other women in artist marriages of the time, Swane continued her career and development as an artist.

In the beginning, her point of departure is the naturalism experienced by the Fynbo painters, which can be seen in her early flower pictures. Later, she develops her own visual language, where her flat form and discreet color give her a distinctive and stylish expression. On the motif here, however, we get a wider look at the palette and Swane's fine understanding of colour, where lavender, cyclamen and pink are played against aquamarine and blue. The strokes are dense but swift, like the wind that in the background makes a curtain flap lively.

Over the past few years, interest in Christine Swane's works has been increasing, and we experience good demand when her works are offered at auction.