Mimi Falsen

Marie (Mimi) Bolette Wilhelmine Falsen (1861–1957) was a Norwegian painter.

Mimi Falsen
self portrait
Born
Marie Bolette Wilhelmine Falsen

(1861-05-29)29 May 1861
Bergen, Norway
Died29 January 1957(1957-01-29) (aged 95)
Bærum, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
EducationAcadémie Colarossi, Académie Bouvet
Known forPainting

Biography

Falsen was born 29 May 1861 in Bergen. She attended the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Bouve, both in Paris.[1] She also studied with Richard Bergh and Anders Zorn in Stockholm, Sweden and with Niels Skovgaard and Viggo Pedersen in Copenhagen, Denmark. She returned to Norway in 1905.[2]

She exhibited frequently at the Oslo Kunstforening (Oslo Art Society), the Høstutstillingen, (the State's Annual Art Exhibition, Kristiania), and the Charlottenborgutstillingen (the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition).[1]

Falsen exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

In 1905 Falsen founded the Malerinneforbundet (the Painting Federation), and in 1928 she founded the Bildende Kunstnerins federation.[3]

Falsen died 29 January 1957 in Bærum.[1]

References
  1. Alfsen, Glenny. "Mimi Falsen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. Kirkholt, Tore. "Mimi Falsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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