Christine Løvmand

Christine Marie Løvmand (born March 19th, 1803, and died April 10th, 1872, both in Copenhagen[1]) was a Danish artist who specialized in still life paintings, typically of flowers and fruit.

From 1824, both Christine and her sister Frederikke started to have painting and drawing lessons with the flower painter Johannes Ludvig Camradt.

[5] During this time, women were not allowed to enroll or receive formal training at the Royal Danish Academy Of Fine Arts.

Due to this, many Danish women artists of the period, including Løvmand, would elect to paint flowers, fruit, and other still life elements.

Among her students were the actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, the writer Benedicte Arnesen Kall and her cousin Eleonora Tscherning who also became a recognized painter.