Emma Thomsen

Emma Augusta Thomsen (7 August 1820 — 6 November 1897) was a Danish flower painter. Her work featured bouquets, flower baskets, and other traditional flower arrangements, in addition to wild plants.

Thomson was largely self-taught, though she briefly was instructed by Johan Laurentz Jensen. She exhibited 130 works over the course of her career. Some of her pieces were purchased by the National Gallery of Denmark, Christian VIII, and Adam Wilhelm Moltke, among others. She was awarded several prizes and scholarships, including the Neuhausen Prize. The painting was subsequently bought by Count A.W. Moltke. In 1863 she was awarded the Sødrings Legat scholarship, which gave her a stipend to produce her art, and in 1869 she was awarded a travel scholarship.

She died on 6 November 1897 in Copenhagen and was buried at Holmen Cemetery. Like many successful flower painters of her era, she never married.

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