Hedvig Frydensberg (b. København 1867, d. s.p. 1956)
“Pige i blaa Sofa”. A girl in a blue sofa. Signed and dated HF. 05. Oil on canvas. 111.5×94.5 cm.
Exhibited: Winkel & Magnussen, September 1912, no. 1. The Danish Women's Artists Association (Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund), Den Frie Udstilling, The Danish Women's Artists Association's Retrospective Exhibition, September 18th - October 14th 1920, no. 202.
Hedvig Frydensberg began her artistic education as a student of the painter, Luplau Janssen (1869–1927). In the beginning of the 1910’s – she went to France to study at the Académie Ranson, where she was a student of the postimpressionist artist Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) and the symbolist painter Maurice Denis.
After studying in Paris, Frydensberg was influenced by the the french tradition in painting especially by the impressionists. She painted portraits as well as landscapes and flowers but her preferred motifs were motiver groups of ballerinas or young women much as the young woman in the pink dress in the present painting. Hedvig Frydensberg showed her works numerous times in a period from 1908–1932 at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling and also exhibited at Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling and Den Frie Udstillingsbygning amongst others.
The canvas is relined. Minor crackles in the bottom of the dress. A few minimal peelings. Retouches.
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Paintings, furniture and varia, 13 March 2023
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