Bertha Dorph (Danish 1875-1960)
Barnehoved
oil on canvas, signed mid centre right "B Dorph 1915 1916"Exhibited: Danish Royal Academy 1916 #115 as Barnehoved (Child's Head)
Size: 15 h x 14 w in
J20973
Born in Copenhagen in 1875, Dorph was privately educated from 1893-1897 under the well-known Danish artists Harald Slott-Møller and Peder Ilsed. She spent a year training in Berlin and studied etching at the Schinkel-Akademie, debuting in 1899 at Den Frie Udstilling (The Free Exhibition). She married fellow painter Niels Vinding Dorph in 1900 who was influential to her work, and continued her education both at home and abroad including in Italy, France and England. From 1902 to 1915 Dorph and her husband ran an art school, in 1915 she became a member of the Arts and Crafts School for Women, and in 1916 was co-founder of the Female Artists Society. Her work as a designer includes the 1922 Christmas Spoon for Anton Michelsen.
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