Elise Brandes

Elise Brandes (née Rustad, 1873–1918) was a Danish sculptor who specialized in busts. She was the wife of the Danish politician and writer, Edvard Brandes.

Biography Brandes was born on 24 July 1873 in Lysaker, Bærum Municipality, in south-eastern Norway. She was the daughter of the physician Carl G. W. Rustad (1839–1918) and his wife Marie M. Hauge. After attending the Royal Drawing and Art School in Kristiania, she moved to Denmark where she studied at the Art School for Women (Kunstskolen for Kvinder) in Copenhagen. From 1905 to 1906, she was a student of Stephan Sinding at the Royal Danish Academy.

The architect Louis Hygom designed the house at Skodsborgvej 242A for her in 1917.

Exhibitions Brandes exhibited frequently at Charlottenborg (1906–17) as well as at Aarhus (1909), Malmö and Kristiania (both 1914). She held a solo exhibition at Winkel & Magnussen's gallery in Copenhagen in 1913.