Guttorm Guttormsgaard

Guttorm Guttormsgaard (13 September 1938 – 26 October 2019) was a Norwegian visual artist, educator and collector.

Guttorm Guttormsgaard
Born(1938-09-13)13 September 1938
Oslo, Norway
Died26 October 2019(2019-10-26) (aged 81)
OccupationVisual artist
WebsiteGuttormsgaards arkiv

Personal life

Guttormsgaard was born on 13 September 1938 in Oslo, to Knut Guttormsgaard and Ingeborg Stenstad. He married Karin Eie in 1940.[1]

His children include actor, musician and screenwriter Aslag Guttormsgaard (b. 1969), and actress, screenwriter and film director Anna Gutto (b. 1977).[2]

Career

Guttormsgaard studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry under the supervision of Finn Faaborg and Chrix Dahl, and with Niels Lergaard at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. From 1967 to 1973 he lectured at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He was appointed professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in 1980, and served as rector of the institution from 1983 to 1984.[3]

His public works include La hundre blomster blomstre (1973, in collaboration with ceramist Karin Eie Guttormsgaard),[4] Labyrinten (1989–1993) at the University of Tromsø, and Havet og livshistorien for the Seville Expo '92.[1] He is represented with works in the National Gallery of Norway, Riksgalleriet, Bergen Billedgalleri, Trondheim Art Museum, Stavanger kunstmuseum, and other galleries.[4] He illustrated several books, and was awarded Bokkunstprisen for 2017.[3][5]

In 2009 he was awarded honorary membership of the association Norske Grafikere.[6] A collector, he acquired the old dairy in the village of Blaker in Sørum, which he used as atelier and museum, and where he arranged numerous exhibitions. His collection of more than 20,000 artifacts has been donated to a foundation, Guttormsgaards Arkiv.[3][7][8]

Guttormsgaard died in October 2019.[3]

References
  1. Helliesen, Sidsel. "Guttorm Guttormsgaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "Anna Gutto". imdb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. Blom, Hege. "Guttorm Guttormsgaard". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. Helliesen, Sidsel. "Guttorm Guttormsgaard". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. Kalleklev, Katrine. "Bokkunstprisen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. Gihle, Marianne. "Minneord om Guttorm Guttormsgaard". norske-grafikere.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  7. Elton, Lars (27 October 2019). "Den lille kunstens store forkjemper". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  8. Vinger, Audun (2017). "Bokkunstprisvinner Guttorm Guttormsgaard. Bokens terroir". Grafill (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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