GRETHE GYDE PEDERSEN

"DUEX FEMMES"

OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED ON VERSO

DANISH, WORKED IN PARIS, C.1925

18 X 10.5 INCHES

Grethe Gyde Pedersen

1881-1952


Pedersen was born in Copenhagen in 1881. Wife of artist: Hans Gyde Pedersen (1862 - 1943) .

Pedersen debuted at the Royal charlottenborg exhibition in 1917. And participated at the Fall exhibition. She moved to Paris in 1922, and exhibited at the salon.

She resided in France until her death in 1952. Other travels include: Italy, Germany, Spain and northern Africa. She is best known for her series of sculptures and did busts of the French actor: Marie Maurice de Féraudy in 1926 and of the artist: Emil Telmányi in 1937.