Kittelsen was born in the coastal town of Kragerø in Telemark county, Norway. His father died at an early age, leaving a wife and 8 children in straightened circumstances. Theodor was only 11 years old when he was apprenticed to a watchmaker. When at the age of 17 his talent was discovered by Diderich Maria Aall, he became a pupil at Wilhelm von Hanno’s drawing school in Christiania (now Oslo). Because of generous financial support by Aall he later studied in Munich. However, in 1879 Diderich Aall could no longer manage to support him, so Kittelsen had to earn his money as a draftsman for German newspapers and magazines.
In 1882 Kittelsen was granted a state scholarship to study in Paris. In 1887 he returned back to Norway for good. When back in Norway, he found nature to be a great inspiration. He spent the next two years in Lofoten where he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at Skomvær Lighthouse. Kittelsen also started to write texts to his drawings here.
Theodor Kittelsen and his family settled in a home and artist studio which he called Lauvlia near Prestfoss during 1899. Kittelsen spent his best artistic years here. During this period, Kittelsen was hired to illustrate Norwegian Folktales (Norwegian: Norske Folkeeventyr) by the Norwegian folklore collector Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. In 1908 he was made Knight of the The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. However, he was forced to sell and leave Lauvlia in 1910 as his health began to fail. He was granted an artist’s stipend in 1911 but died a broken man in 1914.
Kittelsen's style could be classified between Neo-Romantic and naive painting. As a national artist he is highly respected and well known in Norway, but doesn't receive much international attention, which is the reason that his name is often not included in registers of internationally recognized painters and artists.
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Dantrag123 Why is Summoning here?
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sls I have "Nokken" set as my desktop background
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darkwojnar Burzum :)
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kOrBa007 very good
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Zimmny I have the same "weird" feeling, when i am listening to burzum music and look at the paintings of Theodor Kittelsen.
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Irinsfard Hi all. Theodor Kittelsen was a real artist.
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MabeSpektor My favorite painter. His work is inspiring.
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Azrael911 this group is thriving :)
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riksjarl After John Bauer, Theodor Kittelsen is my favorite artist of all times. Visit: http://www.lastfm.se/group/John+Bauer
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GRIM_NOX oooh my mistake, i meant to artist (visual arts) in general ... but you're right. By other hand... I think those illustrators should have a group, what a pity jaja
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Jatmundr Do you mean connected artists ( music ) or groups? I can`t add them, cause there`s no such groups nor artists in lastfm library. btw. I`m glad so many people joined.
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GRIM_NOX
Hi everybody. Connected artist....may be.... Rackhman, Bauer, Sidney H. Sime, Kay Nielsen... other great illustrators in "same vein"... or what do you think? (my English is limited, please excuse)
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KuroSabbath There are legendary underrated folklore romanticism painters.. and there is Theodor Kittelsen.
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Jatmundr
Indeed.
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Berud i don't get such briliant artist and only 29 members.
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Jatmundr
<-- New piotranser`s account.
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Berud
dodaj Trollskogen
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Berud
dziwi mnie troche brak zainteresowania tym artystą :P
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Berud
for sure solefald and satyricone, more when i will have time to think about it :P and i propose to make connection in "about group" with my group gustave dore ( and vice versa)
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