Kris Torne

Kristine (Kris) Torne née Laache (1 February 1867 – 24 April 1946, Florence, Italy) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå Municipality, Innlandet County. After painting landscapes and portraits, one of which won a prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition, in 1906 she began creating embroidered works and rugs based on cartoons by her husband Oluf Wold-Torne.