We have reached the 123rd edition of Art and Writing, and in this one we bring you as a guest the visual artist Ludovica Anine Vilhelmine Augusta Thornam; better known as Ludovica Thornam:

Ludovica Thornam was born on November 30, 1853 in Horsens (Denmark). She received her first training as a visual artist at the Horsens Tekniske Skole in Horsens.

She received private lessons from the painter Vilhelm Kyhn, between 1873 and 1874. At that time women were not allowed to attend the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Her portraits were true works of art. For this reason she received many commissions from the nobility of her country.

In 1887 the Danish Ministry of Culture awarded her a scholarship to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. She was later awarded a supplementary scholarship that gave her the opportunity to travel to Rome to study art.

Between 1893 and 1894 she traveled to France and Italy with her sister Emmy, who was also a painter.

She never married and died at the age of 42, on May 27, 1896.

Here are three of her works so that you can choose the one you like best to write about. The first is titled Street View in Siena (1894), the second, Noblewoman at a Fair in Siena (1883) and the third A Monk Seated in a Cloister in the Sunlight (1871-1896).

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