A Life Rooted in the Earth Ebba Carstensen began her life in Västra Kärrstorp, near Malmö, Sweden, as the daughter of a farmer. Her earliest memories were shaped by the rhythms of rural existence, a period that would later find its way onto her canvases through depictions of cattle, poultry, and wide fields. When she was only eighteen months old, her family moved to Denmark, settling on the Eriksholem farm near Helsingør. This connection to the countryside remained a quiet, steady presence in her life and work. Her formal training began in Helsingør under Sigurd Wandel between 1903 and 1905.…