Mathias Skeibrok
Mathias Severin Berntsen Skeibrok (born December 1, 1851 in Lista , † March 22, 1896 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian sculptor .
Life
Mathias Skeibrok was born as the second child of his parents Bernt Severin Meier Mathiassen Skeibrok and Martine Abrahamsdatter and was raised under agricultural and fishing conditions. His first marriage was to Inger Marie Nordbye (1862–1886), from which the daughter Borghild Marie Skeibrok (* 1886) emerged. His second marriage was in 1892 with Charlotte Andrea Øvre (* 1862).
At the age of 16, Skeibrok began to make wood carvings , which, however, did not serve to earn a living , but was more of a leisure activity. He went to Oslo in 1871 and took a room with the woodcarver Jean Edmond de Conick. Until 1873 attended the school of the sculptor Julius Middelthun. His portrait busts of the zoologist Michael Sars and those of the future Norwegian Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup date from this time . He was able to sell the latter in marble in 1874 as one of his first commissioned works. He then went to Copenhagen and met Jens Adolf Jerichau . Skeibrok attracted public attention through busts of Edvard Grieg and Magnus Eriksson , which he was able to show at the so-called “Charlotten Exhibition” and received a grant to travel to Paris. Here he made his first large sculpture in 1876 - " Ragnar Lodbrok in the snake pit". A larger than life replica of this work was shown at the Paris World's Fair in 1878.
Under the influence of the French sculptors Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux , Louis-Ernest Barrie and Paul Dubois , Skeibrok developed his style towards realism . Several works were created that depict sketches from everyday life, as well as two collections of fairy tales and stories. Both volumes were illustrated by Theodor Kittelsen from 1891 to 1894 and achieved great popularity. In 1895 Skeibrok became a 1st class knight of the St. Olav Order .
literature
- Mathias Skeibrok . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 25 : Sekt – Slöjskifling . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 940 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Mathias Skeibrok . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 21 : Schinopsis spectrum . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1926, p. 530 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Mathias Skeibrok . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon
- Mathias Berntsen Skeibrok . In: Store norske leksikon
Individual evidence
- ^ Norway, official publication for the Paris exhibition 1900 , Oslo 1900, Paris exhibition 1900 p. 595
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skeibrok, Mathias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Skeibrok, Mathias Severin Berntsen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lista |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1896 |
| Place of death | Oslo |