Monday, May 15, 2023

Rita Kernn-Larsen
(1904 - 1998)

Rita Kernn-Larsen was a Danish surrealist painter. She was born to a wealthy family in Hillerød, and attended the private Marie Mørks School there. She began to paint at a young age, and after spending time abroad in Oslo, Norway, she attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts to fine-tune her craft, but found the teachings there to be too traditional. Instead, she moved to Paris and joined Fernand Léger's academy, studying under him until 1933, when she returned to Denmark and opened up her own studio.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Kernn-Larsen


Self-Portrait (Know Thyself)
1937
Oil on canvas
40 x 45 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/works/self-portrait-know-thyself/

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