Magdalene Bärens
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Magdalene Margrethe Bärens (née
Schäffer) (30 September 1737 – 6 June 1808) was a Danish artist. She was one of the first professional female artists in Denmark, and the first woman to be elected into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She was a flower- and still-life painter.
, and her father, who assisted the sculptor Jacques-François-Joseph Saly in illustrating the anatomy of horses, encourriged this, while her mother was very negative about her becoming anything else than a wife. After her marriage in 1761, she stopped all artistic activity, but later started with it again encourriaged by the painter Vigilius Erichsen. In 1779, her paintings of flowers in gouache
where displayed for the Academy by a professor, and in 1780, she became the first woman to be elected to the academy.
Bärens painted still-life paintings, especially flowers, and was appointed royal flower-painter by dowager queen Juliana Maria. To paint them in winter, she installed a green house. In 1783 she sent two paintings to Catherine the Great of Russia and was revorded with a gold medal and 300 speciedukater. In 1788-1790 she visited England
and was much admired, but the import-laws stopped any success she could have had there. In Denmark, she unsuccessfully applied to the academy in 1795 for a vacant position there, and in 1796 for a residence at Charlottenborg Palace
. As a widow in 1802, she was given a pension.
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Schäffer) (30 September 1737 – 6 June 1808) was a Danish artist. She was one of the first professional female artists in Denmark, and the first woman to be elected into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She was a flower- and still-life painter.
Biography
Born as the child of Elisabeth Hochkirch and the overberider Johann Hermann Schäffer at the Royal Stables, who was a respected expert about horses, she early showed talent in drawingDrawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, and her father, who assisted the sculptor Jacques-François-Joseph Saly in illustrating the anatomy of horses, encourriged this, while her mother was very negative about her becoming anything else than a wife. After her marriage in 1761, she stopped all artistic activity, but later started with it again encourriaged by the painter Vigilius Erichsen. In 1779, her paintings of flowers in gouache
Gouache
Gouache[p], also spelled guache, the name of which derives from the Italian guazzo, water paint, splash or bodycolor is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. A binding agent, usually gum arabic, is also present, just as in watercolor...
where displayed for the Academy by a professor, and in 1780, she became the first woman to be elected to the academy.
Bärens painted still-life paintings, especially flowers, and was appointed royal flower-painter by dowager queen Juliana Maria. To paint them in winter, she installed a green house. In 1783 she sent two paintings to Catherine the Great of Russia and was revorded with a gold medal and 300 speciedukater. In 1788-1790 she visited England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and was much admired, but the import-laws stopped any success she could have had there. In Denmark, she unsuccessfully applied to the academy in 1795 for a vacant position there, and in 1796 for a residence at Charlottenborg Palace
Charlottenborg Palace
Charlottenborg Palace is a large town mansion located on the corner of Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally built as a residence for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, it has served as the base of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts since its foundation in 1754...
. As a widow in 1802, she was given a pension.