Elisabeth Wandel

Elisabeth Wandel
Elisabeth Wandel,
Photograph by Georg Emil Hansen
Born Elisabeth Christiane Møller
(1850-01-14)14 January 1850
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 28 December 1926(1926-12-28) (aged 76)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Oscar Andreas Wandel

Elisabeth Christiane Alvina Wandel, née Møller (1850-1926) was a Danish painter. She was known for her portraits and landscape paintings.

Biography

Møller was born in Copenhagen on 14 January 1850.[1] She was a student of Carl Thomsen and Peder Severin Krøyer. She married the art collector Oscar Andreas Wandel and their home became a gathering place for artists. She was the mother of the painter Sigurd Wandel.[2]

She exhibited in Denmark and Germany and also exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

She died in Copenhagen on 28 December 1926.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Elisabeth Wandel". RKDartists. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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