A Danish painter and illustrator, Gerda Wegener was celebrated for her elegant, sensuous portraits and fashion illustrations that captured the spirit of early 20th-century Paris. Trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, she gained recognition for her Art Deco style and depictions of confident, glamorous women. Many of her most striking works portrayed her spouse, Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender confirmation surgery. Wegener’s art, once considered provocative, challenged gender norms and celebrated beauty, identity, and female empowerment with sophistication and bold modernity.