Ellen Iden

Ellen Nordan Lund Iden (January 24, 1897 – November 12, 1961) was a Norwegian painter known for her landscapes, pictures of flowers, interior paintings, and portraits using finely tuned coloring.

[2] She studied under Othon Friesz at the former Académie Moderne in Paris in 1920, and then at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts under Axel Revold from 1931 to 1932.

Together with others, including Ivar Jerven, Kjerstin Øvrelid, Knut Monrad, Finn Strømsted, Bodil Cappelen, Finn Henrik Bodvin, and Liv Nergaard, an artistic environment was created that drew inspiration from nature and the skerries.

In a letter to Agnes Hiorth from her summer home in Holmesund, she wrote the following:[5] It is so beautiful here that it just takes my breath away.

In the sea is glassy with a transparent cold blue color, and greenish-gray islets lie in rhythmic lines.