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

Circa 1911

$16,000
£12,143.76
€13,996.68
CA$22,422.78
A$25,025.76
CHF 13,166.40
MX$303,993.86
NOK 166,914.97
SEK 156,211.50
DKK 104,462.17

About the Item

'Portrait of a Young Woman' by Agnes Louis Agnete Jensen Weie. Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy ----- Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911. 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). 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:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor marks, minor restoration; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416745562

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