Lilla Hellesen

Lilla Hellesen (13 October 1902 – 28 October 1963) was a Norwegian painter.

Biography She was born in Kristiania as the daughter of the doctor Engel Emil Herman Hellesen and actress Marie Mejlænder. Hellesen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry 1921–22 and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo 1922–25. She participated in the Autumn Exhibition numerous times between 1924 and 1962. She made her her debut at the Salon (Paris) in 1927. She exhibited at the Clerie de la Toison d'Or in Brussels, at Les femmes artistes d'Europe in Paris in 1937, and at the Riverside Museum in New York City in 1940, as well as at Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 1938.

She was a board member of Norske Grafikeres Forening. She was married to teacher and writer Trygve Vrenne.