Anna Thommesen

Anna Thommesen née Jepsen (1908–2004) was a self-taught Danish textile artist and painter. In an austere, geometrical style, she wove tapestries and rugs on a loom she developed herself. She is also remembered as a colourist, creating dyes from the plants she collected. Her works include tapestries for the town hall in Holstebro, a tapestry in the old Landsting Parliament Chamber at Christiansborg Palace and an altar carpet and kneeler in Roskilde Cathedral.

Biography Born on 10 September 1908 in Copenhagen, Anna Jepsen was the daughter of the ship captain Jep Olivarius Jepsen (1879–1947) and Anna Sørine Louise née Slengerik (1880–1960). She had a brother and two sisters. In 1928, she married the accountant Jens Marius Olsen with whom she had one child, Annelise (1933). After the marriage was dissolved in 1940, she married the sculptor Erik Thommesen, with whom she had three children: Lene (1942), Klaus (1945) and Viggo (1949).