Olaf Lange
Olaf Helliesen Lange (11 February 1875 – 19 April 1965) was a Norwegian
Olaf Lange is best known for his
Early life
Olaf Lange was born in
Lange started drawing and painting early in life, and among his teachers were both his cousin Frida Hansen (1855–1931) and Kitty L. Kielland (1843–1914). His teenage paintings and writings reveal Lange's lifelong interest in literature, including the works of Shakespeare and Goethe.
Lange studied at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo) for two years (1895–1897) and during the same period he attended drawing classes at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry art school.
Paris
Olaf Lange studied at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1897 until 1901,[5] where teachers were Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury. Living close to Montmartre, Lange experienced the fin-de-siècle modern life in Paris. He visited Normandy and Brittany to paint landscapes and the local people. His paintings from this period show an affinity to naturalism and social realism. Lange's painting Tète d'infant was exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1901.
Munich – colour intaglio etchings
After leaving Paris, Lange lived in Norway for two years, mostly in Kristiania (now Oslo). He made his debut at the Høstutstillingen in 1905.
In 1903 he moved to Munich, spending his first two years in the Schwabing area of the city. During this period he made his first multicolored intaglio etchings. His nine etching motifs were made between in the period 1903 to 1912. Lange drew his inspiration from
In 1905 Lange moved to Dachau and was based there until 1914, with a stay in Rome in 1909 and some trips back to Norway.
- Salammbô (1905)
- Herodias (1905)
- Women Impailed on Butterflies (1905)
- The Mermaid (1905)
- The Queen of Sheba (1906)
- Urvasi (1906)
- The Cry / Revolution (1908)
- The Martyr (1911)
- Tang / Seaweed (1912)
The First World War and after
Lange moved to Copenhagen in 1914, at the beginning of the
Olaf Lange recovered from the illness after a stay in
Olaf Lange left a great deal of his work to Stavanger Faste Galleri, now
Olaf Lange died in Stavanger in 1965.
Collections
Lange's art is represented in the collections of several museums, including in Rome, Venice, Munich, Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Paris, Brighton, Chicago and San Francisco. In Norway his work is in the collections of the
References
- ^ Olaf Lange Store norske leksikon
- ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists
- ^ Arnhild, Sunnanå (2016). Den internasjonale jugendstil og Olaf H. Langes (1875–1965) fin-de-siècle fargeraderinger [International Art Nouveau, Olaf H. Lange (1875–1965) and his Fin-de-Siècle colour etchings] (MA) (in Norwegian). University of Oslo.
- ^ "Olaf Helliesen Lange". Norsk Kunstnerleksikon. 20 February 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ per A.J. school records
- ^ collection.britishmuseum.org
Further reading
- Lange, Marit (20 February 2017). "Olaf Helliesen Lange". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian).