Marie Løkke also Marie Loekke, Marie Mathiesen (January 9, 1877 - February 29, 1948) was a Norwegian artist. She is most associated with her impressionist landscapes in oil.

Biography

Marie Løkke was born in Christiana, now

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. She was the daughter of Charles Victor Fritjof Løkke and Helga Sell. In 1903, she married Finn Mathiesen. She studied at the

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and was a student of

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for a few months. In 1898, she was awarded the Helmstierne-Rosencrones Endowment. From 1900 to 1901, he studied art at

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. She came to the

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in 1902 where she studied with Charles W. Hawthorne at his

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. She divided her artistic career between the United States and Europe throughout her life. She exhibited principally in

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, winning prizes on several occasions. Her work was featured at both the

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and at the

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. She returned to painting in Norway (1917–1919). She painted in

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and

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(1919–1922). From 1921 to 1922 she was a student at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Kristiania. She painted in Norway (1922–1926). Her work were exhibited at both the

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and at the

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Art Exhibit at the

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in 1925. She also exhibited in

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and

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around 1920–1921 as the Autumn Exhibition (1898–1901, 1917) in Kristiania.''Marie Lokke''
(Illinois Women Artists Project) One of her pieces is on display in the McKinnon Gallery in LaGrange IL Marie Lokke died in 1948 at Oslo, Norway.

References

Other sources

* Nelson, Marion (1993) ''Norwegian-American Painting in the Context of the Immigrant Community and American Art'' (Northfield, MN: The Norwegian-American Historical Association) * Haugan, Reidar Rye (1933) ''Prominent Artists and Exhibits of Their Work in Chicago'' (Chicago Norske Klub. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 24: 371—374, Volume 7)

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lokke, Marie 1877 births 1948 deaths Artists from Oslo 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Artists from Chicago Norwegian emigrants to the United States Norwegian Impressionist painters 20th-century Norwegian women painters 19th-century Norwegian women painters