Halfdan Egedius

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Lørdagskveld , 1893

Halfdan Egedius , also Halfdan Johnsen Egedius , (born May 5, 1877 in Drammen , Buskerud ; † February 2, 1899 ) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator .

Life

Egedius grew up in Christiania . At the age of five he became interested in painting and illustration. From the age of 9, he attended Knud Bergslien's art school from 1886 to 1891 . He then attended the art school in Christiania and, from 1894, the Harriet Backer art school. In the spring of 1896 he was a student with Kristian Zahrtmann in Copenhagen . From the age of 15 he painted the landscape of Telemark .

He was active as a painter until his untimely death at the age of 21. He is best known for his illustrations of the Kongesagaer , a translation of the Heimskringla . Here he was a member of the illustrator group headed by Erik Werenskiold and in which Gerhard Munthe and Christian Krohg were also. Due to his illness, he could not finish his work there and was replaced by his friend Wilhelm Wetlesen .

In the summer of 1898 he fell ill in Telemark. At Christmas he was hospitalized in Christiania, where he died in February 1899. The cause of death was actinomycosis , a bacterial infection that attacked the internal organs. He was buried in the Vestre Aker churchyard. Fifty years after his death, the local government erected a memorial stone.

Mari Clasen , 1895

His painting Mari Clasen was included in the 1000 masterpieces .

Works (selection)

painting

  • Lørdagskveld, Telemark , (1893), ( Oslo National Gallery )
  • Sjava , (1893), ( Stockholm National Museum )
  • Mari Clasen , (1895), (National Gallery Oslo)
  • Spill og Dans , (1896), (National Gallery Oslo)

Illustrations

  • Fridtjof Nansen , Fram over Polhavet (1896), (German: In Nacht und Eis , 1897), 25 drawings
  • Kongesagaer , edition of 1899, translation of Heimskringla , 37 drawings

literature

  • Walther Halvorsen: Halfdan Egedius. Gyldendal 1914.
  • Øistein Parmann: Halfdan Egedius: liv og Verk. Dreyer, Oslo 1990, ISBN 82-09-01753-5 .

Web links

Commons : Halfdan Egedius  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Halfdan Egedius / utdypning In: Store norske leksikon.
  2. ^ Frode Ernst Haverkamp: Halfdan Egedius.
  3. ^ Entry Norwegian Artist Lexicon (Norwegian), accessed on October 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Egedius.
  5. ↑ Patricia Ann Baer, An old Norse Image Hoard: From the Analog Past to the Digital Present (Dissertation), p. 237
personal data
SURNAME Egedius, Halfdan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egedius, Halfdan Johnsen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Drammen , Buskerud
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1899
Place of death Christiania