Dagfin Werenskiold
Dagfin Werenskiold (born October 16, 1892 in Bærum , † June 29, 1977 there ) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter .
He was the son of Erik Werenskiold and brother of the geologist Werner Werenskiold . He learned to draw from his father. In 1911 he went on a study trip to Paris and in 1913 to Provence . Werenskiold stayed in France for further studies from 1920 to 1923 . He also toured Greenland and Italy .
Werenskiold made various reliefs, including the bronze doors of Oslo Cathedral in 1937 with scenes from the Sermon on the Mount . In 1958 he created the Relief Life in the Forest for St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota . He created the altarpiece of the Hornindal kirke (1930) in Hornindal in the province of Sogn og Fjordane and the Sandefjord kirke (1963) in Sandefjord in the province of Vestfold .
Among his works are the painting by Jørgen Tjønnstaul in the Nationalgalleriet in Oslo, a bust by Fridtjof Nansen and the Yggdrasilfrisen in Oslo City Hall . In 1939 he illustrated a school book by Nordahl Rolfsen and editions of Norwegian fairy tales.
literature
- Øistein Parmann: Dagfin Werenskiolds trerelieffer. Dreyer, Oslo 1967.
Web links
- Works by Werenskiold in nasjonalmuseet.no
- Dagfin Werenskiold ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Relief on Oslo City Hall on reuber-norwegen.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dagfin Werenskiold. In: Store norske leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo. Retrieved February 26, 2011 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Sigrid Rømcke Thue: Dagfin Werenskiold. In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo. Retrieved February 26, 2011 (Norwegian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werenskiold, Dagfin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bærum |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1977 |
| Place of death | Bærum |