Augusta Dohlmann also known as ''Henriette Augusta Johanne Dohlmann'' (1847–1914) was a Danish painter. She was known for her flower painting.

Biography

Dohlmann was born in Frederiksberg on 9 May 1847. In 1878 she traveled to Paris to study French and painting. She returned to Denmark in 1880 when she exhibited at the

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, where she would exhibit annually. Throughout her lifetime she would make several trips to Europe. Dohlmann was active in the formation of the ' (the Art Academy's Art School for Women) in Copenhagen which open in 1888. In 1901 she became the first female member of the Board of the ''Kunstnerforeningen''. In the mid 1890s she taught drawing and painting in

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. Dohlmann exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She died in Skotterup on 22 June 1914.

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images of Augusta Dohlmann's paintings
on artNET {{DEFAULTSORT:Dohlmann, Augusta 1847 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Danish women artists 19th-century Danish painters Danish women painters