Lars Hertervig
Lars Hertervig , (born February 16, 1830 on Borgøy near Tysvær , † January 6, 1902 in Stavanger ) was a Norwegian painter.
Hertervig is considered to be one of the most famous landscape painters in his country and a master of the "Nordic romanticism of nature". He was the son of poor people and a Quaker who was decried as an “outsider” . In 1902 he died in misery.
This painter is one of the most famous and weirdest artists in Norway. During the last 30 years of his life he painted exclusively on paper of various origins: on wrapping paper, newspapers, tobacco paper and wallpaper. The great poverty in which he lived had initially prompted him to choose this material. From this he developed original and beautiful works that deviate formally far from the ideals of the late Romanticism of his time.
From 1852 to 1853 Hertervig took private lessons in Düsseldorf with the landscape painter Hans Fredrik Gude , and from 1853 to 1854 with Erik Bodom . Hertervig's tree and forest motifs were created under the influence of August Cappelen . All were famous representatives of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . In Düsseldorf, Hertervig later fell into persistent mental confusion. From 1856 he spent a few years in the Gaustad hospital, a psychiatric clinic. The writer Jon Fosse received him as the main character in his two-volume novel Melancholie .
In 2002 an extensive illustrated book on Lars Hertervig's work was published. The volume contains poems by Helge Torvund , which are inspired by the paintings of Hertervig and were set to music by Ragnar Bjerkreim in 2007 .
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- ↑ https://www.zeit.de/2001/13/200113_l-fosse.xml
- ↑ Kari Greve in: Paper Restoration , Vol. 5 (2004), No. 3
- ↑ http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/iada/pr0304_t.html
literature
- Blått sug, Wigestrand Forlag 2002, ISBN 82-91370-47-8 (171 paintings, poems by Helge Torvund , biography of the painter)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hertervig, Lars |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on Borgøy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1902 |
| Place of death | Stavanger |