Ernestine Friedrichsen

Ernestine Friedrichsen (29 June 1824, Danzig - 21 July 1892, Düsseldorf) was a German genre painter; primarily of family scenes.

In the 1850s, she took private art lessons in Düsseldorf with Marie Wiegmann; focusing on portrait painting.

Later, she studied with Wilhelm Sohn and learned genre painting from Rudolf Jordan.

[1] She made numerous study trips, to Holland, Belgium, England and Italy, as well as to places within Germany, such as Holstein, Bavaria and Masuria, which she found especially amenable as a source of inspiration.

After that, she took part in various exhibitions of the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen [de].