Theodor Kittelsen Trolls
Kittelsen's pictures of the Ash Lad, trolls, princesses and animals have captured the imaginations of generation after generation. In Troldskab (Magic), a series of mystical images of the natural world illustrating Kittelsen's own texts, he portrayed nature and natural forces that he himself had experienced at first hand. Theodor Kittelsen Self-portrait (1891) Soria Moria from Norske Folkeeventyr Theodor Severin Kittelsen (27 April 1857 - 21 January 1914) was a Norwegian artist.
He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls. The national Theodor Kittelsen Museum at Blaafarveværket is at the Skuterudhøyden ridge by the Cobalt Mines.
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Forest Troll - Skogtrold - Theodor Severin Kittelsen - WikiPaintings.org
Kittelsen's poetical interpretations of nature, the forest, the mountains and trolls are presented in the form of carved furniture, oil paintings, watercolours and drawings. New exhibitions each year. Theodor Kittelsen was a Norwegian painter and book illustrator (1857-1914).
He illustrated the Scandinavian bestiary of legend and fairy tales, and his work has scared countless children (myself included). He drew and painted trolls, the black death, sea monsters, nøkken ("water spirit"), and anthropomorphised natural phenomena such as the. Eric Stavney reviews the new translation by Tiina Nunnelly of Theodor Kittelsen's book Troll Magic, originally published as Troldskab in 1892.
“Father of the Trolls” - the Art of Theodor Kittelsen
Favorite Troll by Kittelsen, Theodor, 1857-1914 Publication date 1980 Topics Trolls -- Norway, Trolls, Norway Publisher Oslo, Norway: Scandinavian Film Group Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 270.0M 62 pages: 25 cm Access. Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914) painted trolls, monsters, sea serpents, and the hungry evil of the Black Death. Kittelsen was not scared by his subject matter.
He had lived too hard a life to ever be frightened by imaginary things.Kittelsen was born in Kragerø, Norway in 1857, one of eight children. His father died when he was young. Money was tight.
Theodor Kittelsen: l'artista dei troll
Kittelsen was apprenticed to a watchmaker. 27 April 1857, the Norwegian artist Theodor Severin Kittelsen was born in the Telemark coastal town of Kragerø. Trolls, a staple of Norwegian folklore, were a particular favorite, and Kittelsen's many troll paintings, from the humorous to the grotesque, have earned him the title of the "Father of All Trolls.".
Trolls are the classic antagonists of Norwegian folklore. Famously depicted by Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen in the illustrations of one of Norway's most culturally defining books, Norwegian Folktales by Peder Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, trolls are an integral part of the Norwegian identity going back to Norse mythology. According to ancient myths, trolls were thought to.
