Ambrosia Theodora Tonnesen
Born 28 January 1859
Died 21 January 1948
Active: 1891
Country of birth and death: Norway
Sculptor
Born in Ålesund. Tonnesen studied art at evening classes in Bergen and then in Berlin (1884) and Paris (from 1885). She lived in France for over twenty years and became friends with Auguste Rodin, Alexandre Falguière and Antonin Merci. After returning to her native Norway in 1910, Tonnesen completed some seventy works including portrait busts, ecclesiastical works and statuary.
See http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia_T%C3%B8nnesen (accessed 28 August 2010)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
Forladt (cat. no. 1500, marble, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1891
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1891 (1 work)
Citing this record
'Ambrosia Theodora Tonnesen', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1267886916, accessed 29 Sep 2023]
