Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerda Madvig (April 14, 1868[1] – September 10, 1940) was a Danish sculptress and painter.[2]
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2021) |
Gerda Madvig | |
|---|---|
Madvig in the 1880s | |
| Born | Gerda Heyman 14 April 1868 |
| Died | 10 September 1940 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Known for | Sculpture, painting |
| Movement | Realism, Impressionism |
| Spouse | Charles William Madvig |
| Children | Edith Madvig Fersing |
Gerda Madvig was born Gerda Heyman in Copenhagen to the Jewish-Danish industrialist and etatsråd Philip Wulff Heyman,[citation needed] co-founder of Tuborg Brewery and pioneer of Danish butter and bacon exports, and his wife Hanne Emilie Adler, both Danish Jews with roots in Germany.[3]
|
Madvig learned to draw with the painter and illustrator Carl Thomsen, and then to model with professor August Saabye, with whom she worked for four to five years. In 1892, she exhibited at the annual Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition her first piece, En kvinde, and in 1893 Sovende barn. Later, modeled a body-sized figure, called Asra and some busts, among others, one of her sister Jenny, who was married to the painter Georg Seligmann.
Madvig also played music and gave concerts in Paris, where she lived from 1903 until shortly before her death.
|
Madvig used especially family members as models, but also famous people, both contemporaries, like professor Julius Petersen, and deceased, such as the composer Frédéric Chopin. As a sculptor, she was a naturalist, while her painting was mostly influenced by French Impressionism.
She married the painter Charles William Madvig on May 16, 1905, in Paris. They had one daughter, art dealer Edith Madvig Fersing.[4]
Madvig died in Charlottenlund, Denmark, in 1940. She is buried at Hellerup Cemetery.
|
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
