Henriette Homann

Henriette Olava "Jette" Homann (3 January 1819 – 11 February 1892) was a Norwegian photographer and painter. She was one of the first female photographers in Norway.

Early life Henriette Olava Homann was born on 3 January 1819 in Kragerø to doctor Christian Horrebow Homann (1786–1860) and Boel Catherine Biørn. Homann is sometimes referred to as Henriette Homann the Elder or Jette Homann to distinguish her from her niece, Henriette Homann the Younger, who later inherited her photographic equipment, books and negatives.

Career

Between 1843 and 1844, Homann was a pupil of Johan Gørbitz, who had previously painted her father's portrait, and trained as a portrait painter. Homann later specialised in drawn portraits.

In Christiania, she had a studio in Karl Johans gate, where she also worked with Daguerreotype photography, which her teacher Gørbitz had begun working with in 1845. Homann's oldest photograph is dated 1851.

Around 100 of her drawings and paintings are held at the Berg-Kragerø Museum, as well as several of her photographs and property. They were bequeathed to the museum by her niece Henriette Homann the Younger in 1943.