Hedevig Thorine Christine Erichsen Lund (June 11, 1824 – March 16, 1888) was a Norwegian painter.

Biography

Lund was born in

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, the daughter of Ole Wilhelm Erichsen (1793–1860) and Abel Marie née Isaachsen (1803–1883).''Norsk Kunstnerleksikon'': Hedevig Lund.
/ref> Her father was a member of the

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and minister of the navy, and he owned the Semb farm in Borre in

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county,

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. Lund is particularly known for her portraits, and she created many commissioned works for

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gallery depicting members of the National Assembly. She also painted landscapes, including ''Landskapsstudie Borrevannet'' (Lake Borre Landscape Study, 1878), which is displayed in the

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.''Norske malerier: katalog''. 1992. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, pp. 312, 572. She married the officer, writer, and painter

Bernt Lund Bernt Lund (July 14, 1812 – October 30, 1885) was a 19th-century Norwegian landscape artist, author and military officer. Biography Lund was born in Våler Municipality (Innlandet), Våler in Hedmark, Norway. He took military officer exam in 1 ...

in 1847.''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': Bernt Lund.
/ref> Together they painted the altarpiece ''Jesus i Getsemane'' (Jesus in Gethsemane), which is displayed today in

Stokken Church Stokken Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saltrød. It is one of the churches for the Moland parish which is part of the Arendal prosti (deanery) i ...

. She died in Christiania (now Oslo).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Hedevig 1824 births 1888 deaths 19th-century Norwegian painters People from Kristiansand Norwegian landscape painters