The plucked Parrot
Gerda Wegener (Hammelev 1885 - Kopenhagen 1940)
Lot-No. 175
Watercolour a. ink, 36 x 26,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. Gerda Wegener 1916, mounted in passepartout, unframed. - Danisch figure painter. She was given drawing lessons by V. Simesen in Randers a. continued her studies at the Copenhagen academy after 1902. In 1912 she settled in Paris a. exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants since 1920. She worked for advertisement a. many magazines, mainly in France. She was married to the painter Einar W. - Mus.: Paris (Mus. Luxembourg), Kopenhagen. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, Weilbach.
Gerda Wegener: The plucked Parrot
Gerda Wegener (Hammelev 1885 - Kopenhagen 1940)
The plucked Parrot
Lot-No. 175
Watercolour a. ink, 36 x 26,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. Gerda Wegener 1916, mounted in passepartout, unframed. - Danisch figure painter. She was given drawing lessons by V. Simesen in Randers a. continued her studies at the Copenhagen academy after 1902. In 1912 she settled in Paris a. exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants since 1920. She worked for advertisement a. many magazines, mainly in France. She was married to the painter Einar W. - Mus.: Paris (Mus. Luxembourg), Kopenhagen. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, Weilbach.