Background
She was born in Randers, the daughter of the merchant Carl Oppenheim and Jeanette Cohn.
She was born in Randers, the daughter of the merchant Carl Oppenheim and Jeanette Cohn.
She is remembered for the many portraits of women she painted while in Sweden during the Second World War, marked by strong brushstrokes and sensitive lighting effects. Her training included the Art School for Women (1905-1907). An apprenticeship with the silversmith Georg Jensen (1909).
And porcelain painting at Bing & Grøndahl (1910-1912).
She was a student of Othon Friesz in Paris (1912), Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1913), and Henrik Sørensen in Oslo (1914). Like most of her contemporaries, her early work was in the Fauvism and Cubism styles, with strongly contrasting colours, often influenced by Harald Giersing"s use of black.
Her later work, especially her portraits, was much lighter. As a Jew, she had to leave Denmark for Sweden in the Second World War where she painted a large number of interiors and portraits of women (1943–1945), with marked sensitivity to the effects of lighting.
She also painted landscapes, including some of Bornholm.
The strong brushstrokes given them an ornamental effect. After returning to Denmark, she died a few months later in Gentofte when she was only 63. She first exhibited at the 1916 Autumn Exhibition at Charlottenborg.