Elisabeth Christiane Alvina Wandel, née Møller (January 14, 1850 - December 28, 1926) was a Danish painter. She was known for her portraits and landscape paintings.

Biography

Møller was born in

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, Denmark. She was the daughter of Andreas Christian Møller and Thora Adelaide Beck. She was a student of

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and Peder Severin Krøyer. She married the art collector Oscar Andreas Wandel (1845-1925) and their home became a gathering place for artists. She was the mother of the painter

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(1875–1947). Wandel exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in the years 1887-1900, 1902 and 1912-22, at the Nordic Exhibition of 1888 in

, and the

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. She also exhibited her work at the

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and The Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She died during 1926 in Copenhagen.

Gallery

File:Elisabeth Wandel - Portrait des Malers Laurits Andersen Ring.jpg, Elisabeth Wandel, ''Portrait of

Laurits Andersen Ring Laurits Andersen Ring (; 15 August 1854 – 10 September 1933) was one of the foremost Danish painters of the turn of the 20th century, who pioneered both symbolism and social realism in Denmark. Considered one of the masterpieces of Danish culture ...

'' File:Elisabeth Wandel - Ung Kvinde - Young woman 1889.png, Elisabeth Wandel, ''Young woman'', 1889 File:Thora Juliane Madsen, née Nielsen.jpg, Elisabeth Wandel, ''Portrait of Thora Juliane Madsen, née Nielsen'', 1890

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wandel, Elisabeth 1850 births 1926 deaths Painters from Copenhagen 19th-century Danish women artists 19th-century Danish painters 20th-century Danish women artists 20th-century Danish painters