Agnes Steineger (21 January 1863 – 16 June 1965) was a Norwegian painter.

Personal life

Steineger was born in

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, Norway. Her father was Peter Stamer Steineger, a merchant and auditor; his mother was Ingeborg Catharine (Hess). She was one of seven children who included her eldest brother

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Career

Steineger showed early talent for both music and drawing. In Bergen she was a student at the public drawing school and during 1880 painted with

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. She traveled in 1881 to

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where she studied under

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and with

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. When Wegmann traveled to

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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

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. Here she studied under several teachers, among others

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. Steineger exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Between 1902-1914, Steineger was a resident in

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, partly in

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and partly in

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. From 1914 to 1918, she lived at the Goetheanum cultural centre for the arts in Dornach, Switzerland operated by Rudolf Steiner. Among 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.

Selected works

* ''Markblomster'', 1883 * ''Frida Rusti'', 1889 * ''Pleiebarn'', 1890 * '' Cecilie Dahl'', 1897 * ''Interiør med lampe'', 1915

References

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