Helga Marie Ring Reusch

Helga Marie Ring Reusch
Portrait of the Painter Helga Ring (Reusch) by Signe Scheel, 1890
Born(1865-01-16)16 January 1865
Fredrikstad, Norway
Died13 October 1944(1944-10-13) (aged 79)
Hvalstad, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Known forPainting
SpouseHans Henrik Reusch

Helga Marie Ring Reusch (1865 – 1944) was a Norwegian painter.

Biography

Helga Marie Ring Reusch was born 29 May 1865 in Fredrikstad.[1] In the late 1800s she traveled to France, Spain, Italy and the United States. She studied with Erik Werenskiold, Hans Heyerdahl, Eilif Peterssen, Gerhard Munthe, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. She was married to the Norwegian geologist Hans Henrik Reusch (1852–1922).[2]

Reusch exhibited frequently at the Høstutstillingen.[2] She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She won a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.[2]

Falsen died 13 October 1944 in Hvalstad.[2]

  • From a Swedish Fishing Camp, 1889
    From a Swedish Fishing Camp, 1889
  • Child's head in profile, 1889
    Child's head in profile, 1889

References

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  1. ^ "Reusch, Helga (1865 - 1944)". KulturNav. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Aaserud, Anne (20 February 2017). "Helga Reusch". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 22 August 2018.