Alice Dagny Pihl Salvesen (1869–1959) was a Norwegian painter. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the

Vågåsommeren Vågåsommeren or the Vågå Summer was a Norwegian artists' collective which came together in Vågå, Innlandet County, in 1894. It consisted of ten painters, all of whom had spent the previous year studying art at Harriet Backer's school in Kri ...

artists' colony in

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, Innlandet County. She was principally a portrait painter but also created mood paintings, landscapes and interiors.

Biography

Born on 20 April 1869 in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

(today's Oslo), Alice Dagny Pihl was the daughter of the railway director Carl Abraham Pihl (1825–1897) and his English-born wife Catherine née Ridley (1827–1923). She was one of eight children. She studied painting under artists including

Eilif Peterssen Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen (4 September 1852 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian painter. He is most commonly associated with his landscapes and portraits. He gained early recognition for the history painting ''Christian II signing t ...

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and

Harriet Backer Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed ...

. In 1894, Alice Pihl spent the summer in Vågå together with a group of painters who were interested in advancing from the clear

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of the times to a more atmospheric approach to painting with deeper colour and in a simpler style. In addition to

Kristen Holbø Kristen Holbø (13 September 1869 – 19 October 1953) was a Norway, Norwegian Painting, painter and illustrator, most noted for his landscapes. Biography He was born on Sygard Holbø in Vågå in Oppland county, Norway. He studied under Knud Be ...

who was a native of Vågå, they included Halfdan Egedius, Lars Jorde,

Thorvald Erichsen Thorvald Erichsen (18 July 1868 - 23 December 1939) was a Norwegian Post-Impressionist painter; known primarily for landscapes and still-lifes. Biography Thorvald Erichsen was born at Trondheim, Norway. He was the son of Ernst Erichsen (1820-1 ...

, Alfred Hauge, Oluf Wold-Torne,

Kris Torne Kristine (Kris) Torne née Laache (1 February 1867 – 24 April 1946, Florence, Italy) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå Municipality, I ...

, Johanna Bugge Berge and Lalla Hvalstad. Now known as "Vågåsommeren" (the Vågå Summer), the event was a considerable success, resulting in several of the painters returning to Kristiania with mood paintings. After a study trip to Paris in 1897, she began to participate in the Autumn Exhibitions in 1898, last participating in 1930. She also exhibited in Stockholm in 1904 at the ''Utställning af Norska Konstärers Arbeten''. Her works were included in a retrospective of Norwegian culture held by the Norwegian National Gallery in 1940. Alice Pihl Salvesen died in Oslo on 8 July 1959.

References

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