{{Short description|Danish painter}} [[File:Nordenskirker Ollerup10.jpg|thumb|Bertha Dorph's altarpiece in Ollerup Church]] '''Bertha Olga Vilhelmine Herlich Dorph''' née '''Green''' (4 June 1875 – 25 February 1960) was a Danish painter.<ref name=dbl>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Billedkunst/Maler/Bertha_Dorph|title=Bertha Dorph|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=19 October 2014 |language=Danish}}</ref>
==Biography== Born in Copenhagen, Dorph was privately educated under [[Harald Slott-Møller]] and [[Peter Ilsted]] in Copenhagen (1893–97) after which she spent a year training in Berlin. She also studied etching at Berlin's Schinkel-akademie. She debuted at [[Den Frie Udstilling]] in 1899. In 1900, she married the painter Niels Vinding Dorph (1862–1931) who influenced her work. Her painting of a young woman awaiting childbirth (''Et besøg hos den unge barselskone'') is considered a masterpiece among her early works of family and children. Later she painted studies of flowers, landscapes and many portraits, especially of children. In 1925, she created another major work ''Julenat'' (Christmas Night) now in Ollerup Church near [[Svendborg]], Funen.<ref name=dbl/><ref name=weilbach/><ref name=kvinfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/501/|title=Bertha Dorph (1875 - 1960)|author=Erik Mortensen|publisher=Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon|accessdate=19 October 2014 |language=Danish}}</ref>
[[File:A. Michelsen - juleske 1922.jpg|thumb|[[A. Michelsen]] 1922 christmas spoon, designed by Bertha Dorph.]] Dorph also worked as a designer, particularly with silverware and furniture. From 1902 to 1915, together with her husband she ran an art school. In 1915, she became a member of the Academy's committee for the Draftsmanship and Design School for Women ([[Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen for Kvinder]]) and in 1916 she was a co-founder of the Female Artists Society ([[Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund]]).<ref name=kvinfo/>
Bertha Dorph died in [[Hillerød]] on 25 February 1960 and is buried in Søllerød Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=berthadorph|title=Bertha Olga Vilhelmine Herlich Dorph|publisher=Gravsted.dk|accessdate=19 October 2014 |language=Danish}}</ref>
==Awards== In 1907, Bertha Dorph was awarded the [[Thorvaldsen Medal]] for her painting ''Et besøg hos den unge barselskone'' (A Visit to the Young Maternity Patient).<ref name=weilbach>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=167&wsektion=alle|title=Bertha Dorph|publisher=Kunstineks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon|accessdate=19 October 2014 |language=Danish}}</ref>
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