Erik Werenskiold

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Erik Werenskiold in 1880

Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the

Snorri Sturlason Heimskringla.[1]

Background

Erik Theodor Werenskiold was born in Eidskog, at Granli gaard, southeast of Kongsvinger in Hedmark county, Norway. He lived his first four years there with his family, until they moved to Kongsvinger. Werenskiold grew up in Kongsvinger Fortress as the fourth son of the commander. He attended the Kongsvinger national school and then in the three years 1869-72 was at the privately owned Latin school operated by Harald Aars and Peter Voss (Aars og Voss' skole) in Christiania.

Based on advice from the painter Adolph Tidemand, he attended a college for painters. During 1873, he was a pupil of Norwegian sculptor, Julius Middelthun (1820–1886), at the Drawing School in Christiania (Tegneskolen i Kristiania). He studied for a short time at the studio of artist, Axel Ender in the autumn of 1875.[2][3]

Career

On the Plain (1883)

He went to

Oberbayern and Tyrol, he finally regained his health. From 1881 to 1883 he lived in Paris. In 1883, Werenskiold returned to Norway where he spent the summers in Telemark. He returned to France in 1884–1885 and studied with Léon Bonnat
(1888–89). In the spring of 1895 he made a study trip to Rome and Florence.

He made several paintings of peasants in landscapes. Illustrations for Norwegian fairy tales had interested him since his time in Munich, and he now got the opportunity to illustrate Norwegian fairy tales together with

Snorre Sturlason and The Family at Gilje (Familjen paa Gilje) (1903) by Jonas Lie.[4]

His wide range of characterized portraits make up an entire pantheon of famous Norwegians from his lifetime. Werenskiold received the Norwegian national artist's salary from 1908. He was appointed Knight of the

Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo
.

Personal life

He was married to the painter Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen (1849–1926). He was the brother-in-law of journalist Fernanda Nissen and the son–in-law of Norwegian merchant and politician Thomes Thomesen. He was the father of geologist Werner Werenskiold (1883–1961) and sculptor Dagfin Werenskiold (1892–1977).[5][6]

Selected works

  • September (1883)
    September (1883)
  • Shepherds at Tåtøy (1883)
    Shepherds at Tåtøy (1883)
  • Landscape with a Lake (1895)
    Landscape with a Lake (1895)
  • In Family Surroundings (c.1900)
    In Family Surroundings (c.1900)
  • Portrait of Erika Nissen (1892)
    Portrait of Erika Nissen (1892)
  • Godt Nytaar! (Happy New Year, 1890)
    Godt Nytaar! (Happy New Year, 1890)
  • Trolls (1895)
    Trolls (1895)
  • Portrait of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1895)
    Portrait of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1895)

Visual art

  • Bærrensere (1878)
  • Et møte (1880)
  • Gjetere (1882)
  • En bondebegravelse (1883–85)
  • Olivia (1891)
  • Solstreif (1891)
  • Lekende barn (1892)
  • Sommeraften i Kviteseid (1893)
  • Skysshesten (1894)
  • Aftenlandskap fra Kviteseid (1895)
  • Hungersnøden (1923 and 1928–29)
  • Middagsselskapet (1928–30)
  • En streikebryter ca. (1930)

Portraits

  • Knut Hamsun (1889)
    Knut Hamsun
    (1889)
  • Gunnar Heiberg (1878)
    Gunnar Heiberg
    (1878)
  • Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1895)
    Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1895)

References

  1. ^ Erik Werenskiold(Store norske leksikon)
  2. ^ Julius Middelthun (Store norske leksikon)
  3. ^ Axel Ender (Store norske leksikon)
  4. ^ Erik Werenskiold/utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
  5. ^ Werner Werenskiold (Store norske leksikon)
  6. ^ Dagfin Werenskiold (Store norske leksikon)

Other sources

  • Østby, Leif Erik Werenskiold ( Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, 1977)
    ISBN 978-82-09-01490-5

External links

Media related to Erik Werenskiold at Wikimedia Commons

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