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Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen
Portrait of a Young Woman , Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy

Circa 1911

$18,500
£14,012.03
€16,090.45
CA$25,926.44
A$28,197.86
CHF 14,943.83
MX$337,869.24
NOK 189,928.44
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Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911. Unsigned. Provenance: ABR auction 170, 1964, catalog #83, 1964 (see photo). Inscribed, verso, '83/170' from auction and bearing printed shipping labels, verso, for 'Avignon' and 'Marseille'. A fine and psychologically penetrating portrait by this early Danish Post-Impressionist. Agnes Jensen first studied with Emilie Mundt and Marie Tegnesk and, from 1896-1905, attended the Academy of Arts in Copenhagen. Jensen was the recipient of numerous Danish Royal Academy scholarships (Akademy 1910, 1912, 1916, 1918). In 1911, the probable year of this painting, she traveled to France and painted in Brittany. During the first two decades of the twentieth including, she exhibited widely and with success including at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (1908, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1919), the Danish Artists' Autumn Exhibition (1907, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1915) and at the National Exhibition, Aarhus (1909). She also exhibited in Sweden at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö (1914) and at the Female Artists' Retrospective Exhibition, Copenhagen (1920). ----------------- Born in Copenhagen, Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie grew up in a period when opportunities for women artists in Denmark were expanding, though still constrained by convention. She first trained under Emilie Mundt and Marie Tegner, both progressive figures who provided an opening into serious artistic study, before enrolling at the Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, where she studied between 1896 and 1905. Her student years were marked by discipline and ambition, and her abilities were recognized with a series of scholarships from the Danish Royal Academy, awarded in 1910, 1912, 1916, and 1918. These allowed her to continue developing her craft at a professional level. By 1907, she had begun exhibiting at the Artists’ Autumn Exhibition, showing there in subsequent years including 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, and 1915, and also participating at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1908, 1910, 1912, 1915, and 1919. In 1909 her work was included in the National Exhibition in Aarhus, and in 1914 she exhibited at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö, Sweden, which brought together many of the most advanced artists of Scandinavia at the time. These public showings marked her as an active member of Denmark’s modernist circle and positioned her among the rising generation of women painters. In 1911 Jensen traveled to France and worked in Brittany, following in the path of Nordic and French painters who sought the clarity of light and rural subject matter in that region. The influence of her time in France is evident in her portraits of Breton women, which display a Post-Impressionist sensibility, sensitive coloration, and a psychological attentiveness that distinguished her approach. Jensen’s handling of paint and compositional focus on the human presence linked her to wider European developments while maintaining a particularly Danish restraint. In 1920 her work was featured in the Female Artists’ Retrospective Exhibition in Copenhagen, an important event that consolidated recognition of women’s contributions to the national art scene. Her trajectory, however, shifted in 1930 when she married the painter Edvard Weie, a major figure in Danish modernism. After their marriage she chose to abandon her own artistic career, a decision that reflected both personal devotion and the gendered expectations of her time. Though her public career effectively ended then, her earlier production secured her a place among the notable women painters of her generation. Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie lived quietly thereafter and died in 1964, leaving behind a body of work that remains a testament to the vitality of early twentieth-century Danish art and to the creative determination of women artists navigating the constraints of their era. Reference: Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Say. Schultz: Ernst Zeuthen, 1935, 8; et al.
  • Creator:
    Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen (1878 - 1964, Danish)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1911
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28.75 in (73.03 cm)Width: 23.75 in (60.33 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Period:
    1910-1919
  • Condition:
    minor marks, minor restoration; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: AAK-151stDibs: LU34416902782

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