Signe Scheel Voer een
gevoel, niet
een galerie.
Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Signe Scheel
A life near the water and the brush Signe Scheel spent her early years at Villa Ekely, where the presence of Lake Mjøsa was a constant neighbor. Born in Hamar, she grew up in a large family of eleven children. Her talent first caught the eye of Hans Gude, a friend of her father, who encouraged her to pursue the brush. This support allowed her to move toward formal training, eventually leading her back to Kristiania at the age of twenty.
Her education was shaped by several hands across different cities. In Norway, she studied under Christian Krohg and attended the women's class at the art school run by Krohg, Heyerdahl, and Werenskiold. She also learned from Eilif Peterssen. Her studies took her beyond Norway to Berlin, where she worked with Karl Gussow, and to Paris, where she attended the Académie Colarossi under Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. The eye for detail and light…