Marie Katharine Helene Tannæs (1854–1939), was a Norwegian painter known for her landscape paintings.

Biography

Tannæs was born 19 March 1854 in

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. She studied with

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, Christian Wexelsen,

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, and

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. She attend the

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in Paris from 1888 through 1889. Tannæs exhibited frequently at the ''

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''. She exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Tannæs received an honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889, a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and a Silver Medal at the

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in San Francisco in 1915. Tannæs died 20 February 1939 in

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, Denmark.

Gallery

File:Marie Tannæs - Washing clothes.webp, ''Washing clothes'' File:Marie Tannæs - Gårdsinteriør (Vøienvolden) - 1893 - Stavanger kunstmuseum - SG.0234.jpg, ''Gårdsinteriør (Vøienvolden)'', 1893 Stavanger kunstmuseum File:Marie Tannæs - Tyveholmen - 1883 - Oslo Museum - OB.01090.jpg, ''Tyveholmen'', 1883 Oslo Museum File:Marie Tannæs - Borgen Gård, Vestre Aker - 1895 - Oslo Museum - OB.01212.jpg, ''Borgen Gård, Vestre Aker'', 1895 Oslo Museum File:Marie Tannæs - Brochmannshaugen - 1900 - Oslo Museum - OB.01109.jpg, ''Brochmannshaugen'', 1900 Oslo Museum File:Marie Tannæs - Vøyenvollen - 1924 - Oslo Museum - OB.06029.jpg, ''Vøyenvollen'', 1924 Oslo Museum

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tannaes, Marie 1854 births 1939 deaths Norwegian artists 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Académie Colarossi alumni Artists from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian women painters 19th-century Norwegian women painters