Marie Henriques

Marie Henriques: Young girl in a white dress, oils, 1893
Marie Henriques: Etruscan sarcophagus, watercolour 1928

Marie Henriques (1866–1944) was a Danish painter who created landscapes, figure paintings and portraits, initially in the Realist style but increasingly under the influence of Impressionism. She also painted watercolours of ancient architecture and sculpture. In 1934, she was a founding member of the Danish Society of Women Artists.[1][2]

Biography

Born into the wealthy Danish-Jewish Henriques family on 26 June 1866 in Klampenborg north of Copenhagen, Marie Henriques was the daughter of Martin Henriques and Therese Abrahamsen. She shared her artistic talents with her paternal uncles and with her elder brother, Robert, a musician and writer. After taking private painting lessons in Denmark, she spent six months with her father in Paris where she studied under the Belgian Alfred Stevens, the Norwegian Christian Krohg and the French artist Othon Friesz. On returning to Copenhagen, she was fortunate to be able to attend the Women's School which had just been established at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She studied there under Viggo Johansen, graduating in 1893.[1]

Henriques, who had travelled frequently as a child, later also visited Italy, Spain, North Africa, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Egypt. Of particular note were her stays in Greece where she spent long periods from 1910 to 1913. Both at home and abroad, she exhibited watercolours and oils depicting scenes from her travels.[1]

Henrigues' early work was in the Realist style but during her stay it Paris it became increasingly Impressionist. A visitor to Skagen, she appears to have been inspired by the work of Anna Ancher. She later created coloured lithographs of architectural scenes in Denmark and Greece as well as woodcuts of ancient Greek, Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman art. Many of her architectural and archaeological works were acquired by the Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of Copenhagen.[1]

In 1916, Henriques was a founding a member of the Society of Women Artists (Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund)[3] where she served on the board until 1935. In the 1930s, she was also a member of the Royal Academy's Council and of the board of the Kunstforeningen Art Society. In 1934, she was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat.[1]

Marie Henriques died in Helsingør on 12 January 1944. She is buried in the Mosaisk Vestre Jewish Cemetery in Copenhagen.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Svanholm< Lise. "Marie Henriques (1866 - 1944)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 >Bodelsen, Merete. "Marie Henriques" (in Danish). Dansk Bibliografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Katz, Miriam (2014). "De løfter kvindelige kunstneres historie ud af glemslen" (PDF) (in Danish). Billedkunstneren No. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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