Dorthe Kristoffersen

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Dorthea "Dorthe" Rebekka Augusta Kristoffersen (born Jakobsen ; born January 4, 1906 in Atammik ; † 1976 ) was a Greenlandic artist .

Life

Dorthe Kristoffersen was the daughter of the hunter Pavia Johannes Timotheus Jakobsen (1870–?) And his wife Bertheline Augustine Thamar Poulsen (1878–?). On September 11, 1927, she married in Nuuk Kristoffer Kristoffersen (1902-1970). Together with their children Simon (1933–1990), Sara (1937–2008), K'itura (* 1939) and Karl (* 1943), the couple formed a family of artists who worked with soapstone figures .

Greenlandic family life was depicted in Dorthe Kristoffersen's sculptures. In others it showed the Sassuma arnaa , so it was also inspired by mythology. Her works are similar to those handed down from the Dorset culture , with little detailed faces and a distinctive bridge of the nose . Her works have been exhibited in Denmark and are permanently in the Greenland National Museum . Dorthe Kristoffersen died in 1976 at the age of 70.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Church records Maniitsoq 1901–1913 (Born girls p. 51)
  2. ↑ a b c biography in Weilbach's artist lexicon
  3. ^ Church registers Nuuk 1927-1934 (married p. 137)
personal data
SURNAME Kristoffersen, Dorthe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kristoffersen, Dorthea Rebekka Augusta (full name); Jakobsen, Dorthea Rebekka Augusta (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenland artist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Atammik
DATE OF DEATH 1976