Anthonore Christensen

Training under Eleonora Tscherning, Emma Thomsen and O.D. Ottesen is recorded. The recorded working language is Danish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Italy and Greece. Work by Anthonore Christensen is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst.

• Illustration — Wiesenblumen (1871) Born on 5 July 1849 in Copenhagen, Anthonie Eleonore Tscherning was the daughter of the army officer and politician Anton Frederik Tscherning (1795–1874) and the painter Eleonora Tscherning née Lützow (1817–1890). Her sister, Sara Ulrik, (1855–1916) was also a flower painter. On 4 October 1871, she married the classical philologist Richard Christensen (1843–1876). Christensen was taught to paint first by the flower painter Emma Thomsen and later by her mother, with whom she took a study trip to Germany, Italy and Paris in 1869. She began to exhibit in 1867 under her maiden name, immediately attracting attention for her fresh, carefully presented work. The following year, her Voxende Anemoner, tidligt Foraar (Growing Anemones, Early Spring) was purchased by the Royal Painting Collection. After her wedding, she and her husband spent two years in Italy. On her return, she exhibited more mature works, inspired by flora from the south. In 1887, she was awarded the Neuhausen Prize for Et Kurvelaag med afskaarne Roser (A Flower Basket with Roses). Her husband died in an accident just five years after their marriage. Their son Axel Anthon, who adopted the surname Björnbo in later life, became a librarian and mathematics historian. Anthonore Christensen died on 27 August 1926 in Hørsholm. She is buried in Holmen Cemetery.