Nikolai Astrup

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Nikolai Astrup (born August 30, 1880 in Bremanger , Norway , † January 21, 1928 in Førde ) was a Norwegian painter and graphic artist . He is one of the greatest Norwegian artists of the early 20th century .

Life

Astrup was born in Bremanger but grew up in Ålhus in Jølster , where his father, Christian Astrup, was appointed pastor in 1883. The childhood landscape consisting of the fjord and fields also became the motif of his later works. His father wanted Nikolai, the eldest son, to also become a priest and therefore sent him to Trondheim to see his grandmother, where he attended the cathedral school. But the son was more interested in drawing and painting. In Trondheim he visited the various galleries and got to know the work of Christian Skredsvig , Eilif Peterssen , Lars Jorde , Otto Hennig , Knud Baade and Erik Bodom as well as Erik Werenskiold , Theodor Kittelsen and Gerhard Munthe . After graduating from school, he took drawing lessons from Harriet Backer in Oslo from 1899 . Thanks to a scholarship from the patron and art collector Olaf Schou, which was arranged for him by Kitty Kielland , Astrup was able to attend the Académie Colarossi from autumn 1901 . Here Christian Krohg became his teacher. When he returned to Norway, he decided on Jølster, where he married Engel Sunde Astrup, a farmer's daughter, and had eight children. His artistic breakthrough came in 1905 with the help of the Blomqvist art trade in Oslo. Astrup died in 1928 at the age of 47 of pneumonia in Førde.

Astrup loved clear strong colors in painting and most often painted nature, especially in the area around Jølster. Astrup is seen as a neo-romantic painter. He is also known for his woodblock prints .

Several of Astrup's paintings have been auctioned for over four million Norwegian kroner .

Exhibitions

In 2016 there was an international exhibition tour for Astrup in, among others, the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Kunsthalle Emden .

Oil painting

  • Soleienatt

  • Vårkveld ved Jølstervannet 1900

literature

  • Loge Øystein, Gartneren under regnbuen , Oslo 1986, ISBN 82-90646-05-4
  • Wexelsen, Einar, Danbolt, Gunnar og Loge, Øystein, Nikolai Astrup Tilhørighet og identitet Oslo 2005, ISBN 82-7393-147-1

Web links

Commons : Nikolai Astrup  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Tove Kårstad Haugsbø: Entry: NIKOLAI ASTRUP (1880-1928) , on: sfk.museum.no.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Mona Røhne: Nikolai Astrup: Norway's Unknown Visionary at Dulwich Picture Gallery , on: norwegianarts.org.uk.
  3. ↑ https://vimeo.com/154064421
personal data
SURNAME Astrup, Nikolai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremanger , Norway
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1928
Place of death Førde , Norway