Olga Meisner-Jensen (1877-1949). Still life with bells Campanula in pots on a sunny windowsill, unclear dating.
Olga Meisner-Jensen (1877-1949) received her first classes in drawing and painting at the lesbian couple Emilie Mundt and Marie Luplau’s private art school for women in Copenhagen. She furthered her studies as a painter at the Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen and studied for a short periode in Paris too. She lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, all her life. She exhibited both locally and internationally from 1907-1929. She is known for her still lives with flowers and landscapes. And she worked to better the conditions for women artists in Denmark. In 1924, Olga met painter Mary Dorothea Frederica Steen (1856-1939), Danish photographer and feminist, and they entered into a loving relationship that lasted until Mary died in 1939. The couple had a large circle of friends and a summer villa in Rungsted on the coast north of Copenhagen.
Read more: Danish Painter Olga Meisner-Jensen (1877-1949) – a Biography by Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon.
