Tag: Einar Wegenar

  • The Extraordinary Life of Gerda Wegener

    The fact that Danish artist Gerda Wegener was one of the few female artists to find commercial success in Paris during the teens and twenties, is perhaps one of the least intriguing aspects of her extraordinary life.  Born in Denmark in 1885, Wegener studied art at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Copenhagen.  In 1912, she…