Gerda Gottlieb Wegener Porta (15 March 1886 - 28 July 1940) was a Danish illustrator

Illustrator

An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

 and painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 best known for her erotica

Erotica

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She grew up originally from the provinces as the daughter of a clergyman. She moved to Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 to pursue her education at the Royal Art Academy, and married fellow artist Einar Wegener (later Lili Elbe) (1882–1931) in 1904. After moving to Paris

Paris

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 in 1912, she found much success both as a painter and as illustrator for Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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, La Vie Parisienne

La Vie Parisienne

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, Fantasio

Fantasio

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, and many other magazines.