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Gerda Wegener (Danish, 1885–1940) A Johan Sebastian Bach humblement signed, dated and titled 'GERDA. WEGENER/ PARIS 1936/ A Johan Sebastian Bach/ humblement' (lower right) oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 31 5/8 in.

She met fellow artist Lili Elbe – then known as Einar Wegener – at art school. They married in 1904, when Gerda was 18 and Lili was 22. They travelled through Italy and France, eventually settling in Paris in 1912. The couple immersed themselves in the Bohemian lifestyle of the time, befriending many artists, dancers and other figures from the artistic world, often attending carnivals and other public festivals.

During this time Elbe began to wear female clothing, and adopted her female name and persona, becoming Gerda Wegener's favorite model, in paintings of beautiful women with haunting almond-shaped eyes dressed in chic fashions. In 1913, the art world was shocked when they learned that the model who had inspired her depictions of petite femmes fatales was in fact her husband.

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Gerda Wegener (1885–1940)  —  A Johan Sebastian Bach, humblement      (oil on canvas, 1936)

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Gerda Wegener ‘A Johan Sebastian Bach Humblement’ 1936.

‘Damenportrait’ ca.1920.

‘Portræt formentlig af Einar Wegener sminket som Lili Elbe’ 1938.

‘Fem badepiger på stranden‘ 1920′s.

‘The Aperitif’ 1928.

‘Spanjorskan‘ 1920s.

‘Das Bild eine Mädchen: Brigitte Bergman’ ca.1920.

Gerda Wegener was a Danish painter best known for her progressive feminist portraits. Steeped in Art Deco aesthetics, her paintings were considered radical for their engagement with gender, identity, and sexuality. Reversing the traditional art history model of the male gaze, Wegener gazes upon women with a different eroticism and admiration for her female subjects, whom she depicted as powerful individuals. Born Gerda Marie Fredrikke Gottlieb on March 15, 1886 in Hammelev, Denmark, she moved to Copenhagen to attend the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. While attending school, she met her future husband and muse Einar Wegener, who would later transition genders to become Lili Elbe. The couple married in 1904 and settled in Paris in 1912. Wegener’s portraits of Elbe brought her acclaim, as did her erotic illustrations and glass mosaics for Parisian patrons. She went on to win two gold medals and one bronze for her work at the World’s Fair in 1925. After Elbe’s death in 1931, however she struggled to support herself and moved back to Denmark. The artist died on July 28, 1940 in Frederiksberg, Denmark at the age of 54.

(Source: artnet.com)

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