Ebba Carstensen

Ebba Ninna Back Carstensen (23 August 1885 – 13 October 1967) was a Danish painter. Her painting developed from a rather Impressionist style towards Cubism.

Biography Born in Västra Kärrstorp near Malmö in Sweden, she was the daughter of a farmer. When she was 18 months old, the family moved to Denmark, where they lived on the little farm of Eriksholm near Helsingør.

She first exhibited in 1908 in Charlottenborg. Thereafter her painting was increasingly influenced by modern trends she learned from Danish painters who had returned from Paris. She abandoned Impressionism in favour of the more disciplined style of Cubism, evoking a "return to nature". Established in 1932, the group was attracted by Expressionism.

Awards Carstensen received the Eckersberg Medal in 1930 and the Thorvaldsen Medal in 1951.