#Agnes Steineger

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Agnes Steineger, Self-portrait <Selvportrett, 1895>

Agnes Steineger, (21 January 1863 – 16 June 1965) was a Norwegian painter. Steineger was born in Bergen, Norway. She traveled in 1881 to Munich where she studied with Bertha Wegmann. When Wegmann traveled to Copenhagen in 1883, Steineger followed and that same year she painted her first significant works, Markblomster, which was exhibited at Bergen Art Association. Steineger was Wegmann's student until 1886 when she traveled to Paris. Here she studied at Académie Colarossi. Steineger exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Between 1902 and 1914, Steineger was a resident in Italy, partly in Sicily and partly in Florence. From 1914 to 1918, she lived at the Goetheanum cultural centre for the arts in Dornach, Switzerland operated by Rudolf Steiner. mong her works are Markblomster from 1883 and Pleiebarn from 1890. A self-portrait from 1895 is located at Bergen Kunstmuseum, and the painting Interiør med lampe from 1915 is found at the National Gallery of Norway.via Wikipedia

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Agnes Steineger, självporträtt, 1895