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Asta Nørregaard
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Self-portrait
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| Born | August 13, 1853 Oslo, Norway
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| Died | March 23, 1933 (aged 79) Oslo, Norway
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| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Known for | Painting |
Asta Nørregaard (13 August 1853 – 23 March 1933) was a Norwegian painter who is best known for her portraits.
Biography
Nørregaard was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Hans Peter Nørregaard (1818–1872) and Elise Jacobine Hesselberg (1821–1853). She and an older sister were orphaned early and both remained unmarried. Asta Nørregaard received her early education at the Knud Bergslien painting school together with Harriet Backer. She was a pupil of Eilif Peterssen in Munich from 1875 to 1878. She studied in Paris during 1879. Nørregaard held solo exhibitions at Blomqvist Kunsthandel in 1893, 1903, 1913 and 1925. She was also a frequent exhibitor at group exhibitions: Salon de Paris in 1881 and 1882, and world exhibitions in Antwerp in 1885 and Paris 1889. She received the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1920. Her work is exhibited at the Munch Museum, Oslo City Museum, University of Oslo and National Gallery in Oslo. Nørregaard was included in the 2018 exhibit Women in Paris 1850-1900.
Selected works
- Paul Breder, 1879
- Anette Birch 1882
- L'attente de Christ 1881
- Maggie Plahte, 1881
- Maggie reiseklar, 1881
- Asta Norregaard Fransk kjokkeninterior, 1881
- Villiers-le-Bel, 1881
- Carl Paul Caspari, 1885
- Edvard Munch, 1885
- Gisle Johnson, 1885
- Musikkinteriør, 1885
- Bondekone fra Normandie, ca. 1887–89
- Angelo, 1888
- Lesende dame ved vindu, 1888
- Midnattsmesse i et fransk kloster, 1888–89
- Elisabeth Fearnley, 1892
- Martine Cappelen Hjort, 1897
- Dagny Kiær, 1899
- Niels August Andresen Butenschøn, 1900
- Marie Andresen Butenschøn, 1904
- Harald Løvenskiold, 1905
Portraits
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Paul Breder
1879 -
Ragna Nielsen
ca 1900 -
Kristian Birkeland
1902 -
Harald Wedel-Jarlsberg
1914 -
Alf Collett
1915
