 Later, after her father died in 1880, she became Thorvald Bindesbøll's principal assistant.In addition to being introduced to painting by her father, she attemded Vilhelm Kyhn's painting school and was instructed by Christen Dalsgaard and Laurits Tuxen before studying in Paris in 1886.In the early 1880s, she practised embroidery, adopting the Pompeian approach favoured by Thorvald Bindesbøll.