Emma Thomsen (painter)
Emma Augusta Thomsen was a Danish flower painter who, from 1844, was a regular contributor to the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition. She sold two of her paintings to the Royal Painting Collection. In 1861, for her En Kurv med Blomster i det frie, she was awarded the Neuhausen Prize. The painting was subsequently bought by Count A.W. Moltke.
Thomsen was the daughter of the hotel owner Emanuel Thomsen and Anna Kirstine Ohlsen. She was introduced to flower painting by Johan Laurentz Jensen but was self-taught in developing the art of painting flowers in their natural surroundings. In addition to exhibiting at Charlottenborg, she also presented her work in Stockholm and at the 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition.
