Signe Scheel

Signe Scheel (1860–1942) was a Norwegian painter.

Signe Scheel
Born(1860-11-23)23 November 1860
Hamar, Norway
Died15 December 1942(1942-12-15) (aged 82)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Known forPainting

Biography

Scheel was born 23 November 1860 in Hamar.[1] She studied with Christian Krohg in Norway, with Karl Gussow in Berlin, Germany, and with Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, France.[2]

Scheel exhibited frequently at the Høstutstillingen.[3] Her most famous work, The Lord's Servant, is in the National Museum of Art in Oslo.[4]

Scheel died 15 December 1942 in Oslo.[2]

Legacy

In 2017, the Signe Scheel Hall was established at Skrivergarden Undesløs, where Scheel lived from 1877 to 1898.[4]

  • Lord's Servant by Signe Scheel
    Lord's Servant by Signe Scheel
  • Portrait of Marie Tannæs (1892), by Signe Scheel
    Portrait of Marie Tannæs (1892), by Signe Scheel

References
  1. "Signe Scheel". RKD. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. Aaserud, Anne (28 September 2014). "Signe Scheel". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. Aaserud, Anne (20 February 2017). "Signe Scheel". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. Kirkholt, Tore (18 June 2018). "Signe Scheel". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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