Helga Marie Ring Reusch Explained

Helga Marie Ring Reusch
Birth Date:16 January 1865
Birth Place:Fredrikstad, Norway
Death Place:Hvalstad, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Field:Painting
Spouse:Hans Henrik Reusch

Helga Marie Ring Reusch (18651944) was a Norwegian painter.

Biography

Helga Marie Ring Reusch was born 29 May 1865 in Fredrikstad.[1] In the late 1800s she traveled to France, Spain, Italy and the United States. She studied with Erik Werenskiold, Hans Heyerdahl, Eilif Peterssen, Gerhard Munthe, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. She was married to the Norwegian geologist Hans Henrik Reusch (1852–1922).[2]

Reusch exhibited frequently at the Høstutstillingen.[2] She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She won a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.[2]

Falsen died 13 October 1944 in Hvalstad.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reusch, Helga (1865 - 1944) . KulturNav . 22 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Aaserud . Anne . Helga Reusch . Norsk kunstnerleksikon . 20 February 2017 . 22 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 22 August 2018.