Marie Hauge

Marie Octavia Nielsen Hauge (8 July 1864 – 11 November 1931) was a Norwegian painter.

She was born in Drammen, and spent her later life in Asker. She studied under Hans Heyerdahl, Eilif Peterssen, Erik Werenskiold, Sven Jørgensen and Harriet Backer between 1888 and 1900. She spent the years 1903 to 1907 at the Académie Colarossi and Académie des Beaux-Arts.[1]

Her first exhibit was in Drammen in 1890. She is represented with two works in the National Gallery of Norway,[1] and her 1902 portrait of Aasta Hansteen in Drammen Museum is regarded as her most important piece.[2]

References

Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Hauge, Marie Octavia Nielsen". Asker og Bærum leksikon (in Norwegian). Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. p. 206. ISBN 82-91649-10-3.
Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Marie Octavia Nielsen Hauge". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2009.