Agnes Charlotte Gude (1 February 1863 – 11 July 1929) was a

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watercolorist Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

and illustrator.

Biography

Gude was born in

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and raised in

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and

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. Her parents were the prominent painter

Hans Gude Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Roma ...

and Betsy Charlotte Juliane, née Anker (1830–1912). Under her siblings were the diplomat (1853–1910), the painter Nils Gude (1859–1908) and the painter Sigrid Gude, married to the German sculptor Otto Lessing (1846–1912).Ebba Jansen: ''Slekten Gude i Norge.'' Bergen 1940. p. 77–81, 88. Gude was married to the German painter (1860–1939) from 1885 to 1903. She had three children between 1886 and 1888. Her daughter (1887–1979) also became an artist. Gude received a good education in painting. She is known for several drawings, which are exhibited in the

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. However, only a few of her works are known. She illustrated a poetry collection of children's songs and rhymes edited by

Mathilde Wesendonck Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer; 23 December 182831 August 1902) was a German poet and author. The words of five of her verses were the basis of Richard Wagner's ''Wesendonck Lieder''; the composer was infatuated with her, and his w ...

, which was published in 1890. Twelve of her watercolors for this book were shown at the first Große Berliner Kunstausstellung in 1893. The depictions influenced by Art Nouveau belonged to the “splendid edition” of the children's book and became the property of her client Wesendonck.Antiquariat Erasmushaus
''79 Wesendonck, Mathilde (1828–1902) und Agnes Charlotte Gude-Scholz (1863–1929).'' In: ''Intermezzo 52.''
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Selected works

* ''Alte und neue Kinder-Lieder und Reime. Gesammelt und gedichtet von

. Mit 15 Bildern und Initialen von A. Gude-Scholz.'' (Berlin 1890, 15 illustrations)

References

;Notes ;Sources * ''Agnes Charlotte Gude'' (1986). In: ''Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Part II.'' * Ebba Jansen: ''Slekten Gude i Norge.'' Bergen 1940. p. 88. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gude, Agnes Charlotte 1863 births 1929 deaths Watercolorists Art Nouveau illustrators 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Women watercolorists Norwegian women painters Norwegian women illustrators 19th-century Norwegian women artists 20th-century Norwegian women artists