Inger Merete Lut Debois née Andersen (1931–2015) was a Danish painter. She is remembered for her works with interacting figures which became increasingly abstract as she matured. In 1992, Debois decorated the

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train "Thyra Danebod". From 1992 to 2000, she headed

Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (KKS) or Society of Female Artists is a Danish organization which strives to enable women to work as professional artists on equal terms with their male counterparts. KKS was founded by the painters Marie Henriques an ...

(KKS), the Danish Society of Female Artists.

Biography

Born on 15 July 1931 in

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, Inger Merete Lut Andersen was the daughter of Major Svend Halvor Andersen and Rigmor Marie Andersen. In 1952, she married the painter and photographer Sven Arne Debois from Iceland. Their daughter Jette Debois (born 1956) is also a painter. She attended the painting school at the

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where she studied under

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, graduating in 1956. Her early works depicted figures in psychic relationships. They later developed into more abstract paintings in which strong colour and brush strokes are the dominant elements. Debois exhibited at the

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s from 1962 to 1985, apart from 1975 to 1981 when she was a member of the selection committee. Her works were also included in the KKS Jubilee Exhibition at the Skovgaard Museum in 1977. More recently, many of her remaining paintings together with some of her daughter Jette's early works were included at the 2018 exhibition of five women artists in

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. In addition to her creative work, for many years Debois devoted time and energy to organizational responsibilities. In particular, from 1902 to 2002 she headed the Society of Female Artists where she contributed to the visibility and influence of women artists. Inger Lut Debois died in Copenhagen on 19 February 2015.

References

External links

Works by Inger Lut Debois at the Danish Arts Foundation
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