Birgitte was born in Bilbao, Spain, she went to Venezuela and then Chile with her family, where she remained for the first fifteen years of her life, until her father decided in 1963 to return to Europe to build a new life for his family. After finishing school in Spain, Birgitte received private tuition in Germany from the portraitist Werner Schramm in Düsseldorf. Portraiture soon became her guiding passion. Art connoisseurs rapidly recognized her talent and she embarked upon her professional career in 1967 using charcoal/fusain on soft corn-coloured paper as her medium.

Little Blond Girl

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Little Girl with Pony-tail

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Little Boy with Curly Hair

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Young Boy in Blue Striped Shirt

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Little Boy in Polo

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Smiling Chinese Girl

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Boy in Blue Velvet

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