Johan Nordhagen

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Johan Nordhagen, c. 1935

Johan Nordhagen (23 March 1856 – 28 August 1956) was a Norwegian painter, graphic artist, educator and school administrator.[1]

Childhood

Johan Nordhagen was born in

Kristiania (now Oslo) and started working in the bookstore of the Luther Foundation (Lutherstiftelsen).[2]

Training

People noticed his talent for drawing, and it was arranged that he should study at the

Parliament of Norway to go to Germany from 1898–99 to train under Karl Köpping (1848-1914) at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Berlin.[3]

Career

On 1 October 1899 the class for etching at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry was established. Nordhagen was the school director for the next 20 years. In 1908, he was one of the co-founders of the Norwegian Association for Graphic Art.

Nordhagen is one of the few to have received the

Haakon VII of Norway in 1929. He also received several medals and recognition from exhibitions around the World. In his later years he often visited Veldre, where he had a vacation house until 1937. Even after selling that, he often visited acquaintances in the community to make sketches and studies for later artistic work. Nordhagen had an enormous graphic production (lithography and etchings), but also drawings and paintings, his artistic and productive career spanned over 80 years.[4]
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Personal life

In 1882, he married Christine Magdalene Brochmann Johansen (1858–1933). He was the father of botanist Rolf Nordhagen and architect Olaf Nordhagen as well as the grandfather of art historian Per Jonas Nordhagen. He died on 28 August 1956, 100 years old.[2][6][7][8]

Legacy

Many of Nordhagen's motifs were from Ringsaker and Veldrebygda including portraits of both famous and unknown persons, of local community originals, clothing, work situations, interiors and building customs. In 1988, the Veldre Historical Society (Veldre Historielag) published a richly illustrated book on the graphic artist Nordhagen in which the author describes the artist's adolescence and artistic life. The society has also over the years acquired quite a lot of etchings and one big painting from Nordhagen's substantial production. Some of Nordhagen's motifs have been also published as postcards.[1][9]

References

  1. ^ a b Trine Nordkvelle. "Johan Nordhagen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Helliesen, Sidsel. "Johan Nordhagen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  3. ^ Jorunn Sanstøl Wollebæk; Svein Olav Hoff (20 February 2017). "Johan Nordhagen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  4. ^ Jorunn Sanstøl Wollebæk & Svein Olav Hoff (20 February 2017). "Johan Nordhagen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Kongens fortjenstmedalje". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  6. ^ Rolf Y. Berg. "Rolf Nordhagen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  7. ^ Øivind Lunde. "Olaf Nordhagen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  8. ^ Trond Indahl. "Per Jonas Nordhagen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "Veldre historielag". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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