Anthonie Christensen

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Anthonie Christensen , called Anthonore , née Tscherning (born July 5, 1849 in Copenhagen , † August 27, 1926 in Usserød ), was a Danish flower painter.

Life

Christensen was the daughter of the politician and officer Anton Fredrik Tscherning (1795–1874) and Eleonore Christine, née von Lützow (1817–1890), daughter of an officer. The father had been appointed Danish Minister of War in 1848; Her mother initially specialized in painting flowers, but switched to landscape painting before she got married. In addition to Anthonie, the marriage had a son Eilert (1851-1919), who became a surgeon, and daughter Sara Brigitte, married Ulrik (1855-1916), who, like mother and sister, became a painter. Together with her mother, Anthonie Tscherning traveled to Paris via Dresden , Switzerland and northern Italy in 1869 . In 1871 she married the classical philologist Dr. Christian Axel Richard Christensen (1843–1876), a brother of the landscape painter Godfred Christensen (1845–1928). With her husband she undertook a trip through Italy and over Sicily to Greece for archaeological and topographical studies , with longer stays in Rome and Athens . Her husband then gave lectures as a private lecturer in Copenhagen, but died after five years of marriage. Their son Axel Anthon Christensen (1874-1911), mathematician and librarian, changed his family name to Bjørnbo in 1901. Studies by Anthonie Christensen on the Swedish west coast are documented for 1898, as well as a stay in Munich ; In 1902 she stayed in Rome again. She died at the age of 77 in the hospital in Usserød, a district in the north of Copenhagen. Her urn was buried on Holmens Kirkegård in Copenhagen.

Anthonie Christensen was one of the most productive Danish painters of her time. As a child, she received instruction in drawing and painting from her mother, then from the flower painter Emma Thomsen (1820–1897). Furthermore, it was based on the work of Otto Diderich Ottesen (1816–1892). Early studies originated at Ørholm, north of Copenhagen, where she spent her childhood. In 1872/73 she received the Hjelmstjerne-Rosencrone-Scholarship; In 1887 she received the Neuhausen Prize (Danish: Neuhausens Pris) awarded by the Copenhagen Academy for her painting Kurv med afakaarne Blomster (basket of flowers). She left countless still lifes with a wide variety of flowers, leafy plants and flowering fruit tree branches in vases and in the great outdoors, occasionally with reference to the surroundings or the landscape. Her private pupils included Queen Olga of Greece and the Danish Crown Princess Louise , who later became the wife of King Fredrik VIII. Princess Dagmar, later Empress Marija Fjodorovna, took a painting with her to Russia as a wedding present. The Kunstmuseum in Copenhagen (Statens Museum for Kunst) acquired her composition with anemones, Valmuegruppe fra Strandmøllehaven from 1892.

Work (selection)

Anthonore Christensen - Hollyhocks, 1894
  • Roser og liljer (Roses and Lilies): Aalborg, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum
  • Nørreskoven i Vejle : Vejle, art museum
  • Gule azaleaer (Yellow Azaleas), 1909: Tønder, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum
  • Blomstrende ranunkler og nellikerod (flowering ranunculus and clove root ), 1909: Roskilde, Museum
  • En guldsmed flyver gennem et blomsterbed (Dragonfly flies through a flower bed), 1870
  • Antique arch of an aqueduct with lush vegetation at Villa Wolkonsky in Rome , 1872
  • Palmer og krukker i en gårdhave i Rom (palm trees and glasses in a cottage garden in Rome), 1872: art trade
  • Figenkaktus og snerler , inscribed : Syrakusa 1872 : Kunsthandel
  • Røde Aakander fra Slotshaven i Athens (Red Water Lilies in the Athens Palace Gardens), 1873
  • Grønne planter omkring en kapitæl (Green Plants by a Capital), 1873
  • Humle ved en sø med åkander (Hops and water lilies by a lake), 1876
  • Motif fra Sverige, med klokkeblomster, blomstrende brombær samt egeløv (motif from Sweden with bluebells, blooming blackberries and oak leaves), 1880
  • Vandhul med åkander (pond with water lilies), 1880: art trade
  • Voksende blå vindrueklaser og orange tallerkensmækkere ( Grow grapes and orange nasturtiums), 1888
  • Parti fra Alperne (Alpine view), 1891
  • White roses , 1891: art trade
  • Blomster composer. Et studie af gule roser og blomstrende kirsebærblomster ( Still life with flowers; study with yellow roses and cherry blossoms), 1894
  • Vilde blomster ved Kullen (Wildflowers near Kullen, Sweden), 1898
  • Forårsdag i skoven ved Ørholm (Spring day in the forest near Ørholm, north of Copenhagen), 1899
  • Blomstrende rosenbusk ved en schweizisk sø, i baggrunden bjerglandskab (Blooming rose bush on a Swiss lake, mountain landscape in the background), 1900
  • Blomstrende kejserbusk, Alperne (Blooming Snowball in the Alps), 1900
  • View from Rome , 1902
  • Fra Palatinerhøjen i Rom (View from the Palatine Hill in Rome), 1902
  • Agaver fra Palatinum i Rom (Agaves on the Palatine Hill in Rome), 1902
  • Fra Klostergaarden ved Termemuseet i Rome : Art trade
  • Pompeii. Udsigt over Theatret (View over the Theater of Pompeii), 1902
  • Markblomster tæt ved Rungsted Station (Flowers near the Rungsted Railway Station , north of Copenhagen), 1903
  • Opstilling med gule roser og æbleblomster (Still life with yellow roses and apple blossoms), 1904
  • Blomstrende lyng og tusindfryd (heather and daisies), 1906
  • Brushiljer og forglemmigej (White daffodils and forget-me-nots), 1914
  • Gule og lyserøde roser (yellow and pink roses), 1917
  • Hvide og lyserøde hybenroser (white and pink wild roses), 1924

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1867: Charlottenborg Palace near Copenhagen, exhibition by the Kunstverein (first time): Blomster ved en fredet Grav and Blomster ved en forfalden Grav (flowers on an abandoned or dilapidated grave). By 1927 she was represented in a total of 55 exhibitions with 233 works in the presentations of the Kunstverein.
  • 1872 and 1883: Copenhagen, Nordic Industry, Agriculture and Art Exhibition.
  • 1876: Philadelphia, USA, World's Fair Art Exhibition.
  • 1882: Copenhagen, exhibition of the artists' association on November 18 (Kunstnerforeningen af ​​November 18).
  • 1895: Copenhagen, women's exhibition (Kvinderes udstilling fra fortid og nutid i Kjøbenhavn).
  • 1901: Copenhagen, City Hall Exhibition (Rådhusudstilling).
  • 1904: Odense, Museum (Fyens Stifts Kunstforening Udstilling af Malerier fra fyenske Herregaarde paa Odense Museum 15 May - 15 June 1904).
  • 1908/09: Copenhagen, spring exhibition (Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling).
  • 1920: Copenhagen, retrospective women's exhibition (Kvindelige kunstneres retrospective udstilling).

literature

  • Weilbach's Kunstnerleksikon. Udgivet af en komite støtte af Carlsbergfondet. Editor: Merete Bodelsen og Povl Engelstoft. Tredje udgave, Aschehoug, København, Volume I (1949); 4th edition: 1994-2000 (Kirsten Olesen).
  • Laura Jacobsen: Søllerød, set med Malerøje. 1983.
  • Annie von der Heide, Bernard Nollen: «... and you have to have a little flower». Flower magic from the time of Hans Christian Andersen. DuMont, Cologne 1984, ISBN 978-3-7701-1631-7 .
  • Mona Jensen, Birthe Møller Nielsen In: Hefter for historie. No. 8, 1985.
  • Otto Andrup : Anthonie Christensen . In: Povl Engelstoft, Svend Dahl: (Ed.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka . 2nd Edition. tape 5 : Christensen – Deurs . JH Schultz, Copenhagen 1934, p. 10 (Danish, rosekamp.dk [PDF]).
  • Hans Ræder: Richard Christensen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 3 : Brüggeman – Dolmer . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77383-6 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk - Anthonore Christensen).

Web links

Commons : Anthonore Christensen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ There is no information available about a daughter Marie (* 1847) and another brother Johan (1853–1918)
  2. ↑ catalog no. 17. Roser (roses); 18. Bjerglandskab med en Sø (mountain landscape with a lake); 19. Kapel i Ravenna (Chapel in Ravenna); 20. Chamberlain Sehested (Chamberlain Sehested); 21. Et Vinterlandskab fra Holland (Dutch winter landscape); 22. Besøg hos Bedstefader (visit to grandfather); 23. Amagerpigen og Skorstensfejeren (girls from the island of Amager and chimney sweeps)
  3. ↑ catalog no. 141: Blomster i en Krukke (flowers in a glass vase), 1863; 142: Skovbund (forest floor); 143: anemomer ; 144: Berberisser og Snebær ; 145: Valmuer , property of the State Museum of Art
personal data
SURNAME Christensen, Anthonie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christensen, Anthonore; Tscherning, Anthonie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish flower painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1926
Place of death Usserød