Anna Lejmann (b. Haderslev 1859, d. Gentofte 1945)
“Interiør fra et drivhus” (Interior from a greenhouse with fig trees and sunlight through the grapevines). Signed Anna Lejmann. Oil on canvas. 63×69 cm.
Exhibition label on the stretcher.
Exhibited: Den Frie, “Bad Timing – or How to Write History Without Objects”, 2023 no. 46.
Anna Lejmann studied at Charlotte Sode (1859–1931) and Julie Meldahl's (1861–1946) drawing school and then at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where she was admitted in 1895 and was a student at the Model School until 1901, but she did not graduate. For several years she managed an art school together with her sister Thea Lejmann (1857–1930), who was also an artist.
She exhibited i.a. at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (the Artists' Autumn Exhibition) in 1904–04 and 1907–08 and at Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling (Charlottenborg's Spring Exhibition) in 1906 and 1922–24, and in 1920 she was represented at Kvindelige Kunstneres retrospektive udstilling (The Women Artists’ Retrospective Exhibition).
This lot is part of our ongoing theme: Pioneering Women Artists 1850-1950
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Pioneering Women Artists, 4 March 2024