Alice Pihl

Alice Dagny Pihl Salvesen (1869–1959) was a Norwegian painter. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå Municipality, Norway. She was principally a portrait painter but also created mood paintings, landscapes and interiors.

Biography Born on 20 April 1869 in Kristiania (today's Oslo), Alice Dagny Pihl was the daughter of the railway director Carl Abraham Pihl (1825–1897) and his English-born wife Catherine née Ridley (1827–1923). She was one of eight children. She studied painting under artists including Eilif Peterssen, Erik Werenskiold and Harriet Backer. Her works were included in a retrospective of Norwegian culture held by the Norwegian National Gallery in 1940.

Alice Pihl Salvesen died in Oslo on 8 July 1959.