Emmy Thornam

Emmy Marie Caroline Thornam (1852–1935) was a self-supporting Danish artist who specialized in flower painting.

Initially trained in landscaping, she was later a student of the Danish flower-painter Oluf August Hermansen [da] before completing her studies in Paris under the French flower painter Pierre Bourgogne.

[1][2][3] Born in Horsens on 10 March 1852, Emmy Marie Caroline Thornam was the daughter of the high-school teacher Ludvig Thornam (1819–1879) and his wife Anine Charlotte Frederikke née Norup (1824–1895).

Interested in drawing from an early age, Thornam was given an excellent education which included the Technical School in Horsens and Vilhelm Kyhn's Art School for Women (Tegneskole for Kvinder) from 1873 to 1875.

In 1922, she published a collection of short stories: Den gamle klokker og andre fortællinger and in 1922 Erindringer fra Syden (Memories from the South).