Elisabeth Wandel

Elisabeth Christiane Alvina Wandel, née Møller (January 14, 1850 - December 28, 1926) was a Danish painter. She was known for her portraits and landscape paintings.

Elisabeth Wandel
Elisabeth Wandel,
Photograph by Georg Emil Hansen
Born
Elisabeth Christiane Møller

(1850-01-14)14 January 1850
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died28 December 1926(1926-12-28) (aged 76)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)Oscar Andreas Wandel

Biography

Møller was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] She was the daughter of Andreas Christian Møller and Thora Adelaide Beck. She was a student of Carl Thomsen and Peder Severin Krøyer. She married the art collector Oscar Andreas Wandel (1845-1925) and their home became a gathering place for artists. She was the mother of the painter Sigurd Wandel (1875–1947).[2][3]

Wandel exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in the years 1887-1900, 1902 and 1912-22, at the Nordic Exhibition of 1888 in Copenhagen, and the Exposition Universelle (1889) in Paris. She 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][4]

She died during 1926 in Copenhagen.[1]

  • Elisabeth Wandel, Portrait of Laurits Andersen Ring
  • Elisabeth Wandel, Young woman, 1889
  • Elisabeth Wandel, Portrait of Thora Juliane Madsen, née Nielsen, 1890

References
  1. "Elisabeth Wandel". RKDartists. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. Hanne Honnens de Lichtenberg. "Sigurd Wandel". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. Hanne Honnens de Lichtenberg. "Elisabeth Wandel - Exhibitions". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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