Christine Swane

Christine Swane was the sister of Johannes Larsen, one of the key members of the Funen Painters (Fynboerne), with whom she associated while young.

After studying at the Danish Academy (1898–1901) under Viggo Johansen, she was instructed by Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Fritz Syberg and Harald Giersing.

[2] [3] Inspired by French trends, particularly Henri Matisse, her earlier still lifes often depict indoor scenes or window sills with strong attention to detail.

She slowly developed her own style creating more decorative, geometrical works with Cubist associations and thin transparent colouring, dominated by cool yellows, blues and greens.

Over the years, she became an ever more sensitive Colourist[citation needed], benefitting from her travels to France, the Netherlands, Belgium and England (1938), Italy (1957) and frequent trips to Sweden and Norway.

Portrait of the painter Christine Swane, née Larsen, as a young person