Alice Dagny Pihl Salvesen (1869–1959) was a Norwegian painter. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the

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artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet County. She was principally a portrait painter but also created mood paintings, landscapes and interiors.

Biography

Born on 20 April 1869 in

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(today's Oslo), Alice Dagny Pihl was the daughter of the railway director Carl Abraham Pihl (1825–1897) and his English-born wife Catherine née Ridley (1827–1923). She was one of eight children. She studied painting under artists including Eilif Peterssen, Erik Werenskiold and Harriet Backer. In 1894, Alice Pihl spent the summer in Vågå together with a group of painters who were interested in advancing from the clear

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of the times to a more atmospheric approach to painting with deeper colour and in a simpler style. In addition to

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who was a native of Vågå, they included

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, Lars Jorde, Thorvald Erichsen,

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, Oluf Wold-Torne,

Kris Torne Kristine (Kris) Torne née Laache (1867–1946) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet, Innlandet County. After painting landscape ...

, Johanna Bugge Berge and

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. Now known as "Vågåsommeren" (the Vågå Summer), the event was a considerable success, resulting in several of the painters returning to Kristiania with mood paintings. After a study trip to Paris in 1897, she began to participate in the Autumn Exhibitions in 1898, last participating in 1930. She also exhibited in Stockholm in 1904 at the ''Utställning af Norska Konstärers Arbeten''. Her works were included in a retrospective of Norwegian culture held by the

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in 1940. Alice Pihl Salvesen died in Oslo on 8 July 1959.

References

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