Sigurd Eriksen
Encyclopedia
Sigurd Eriksen was a Norwegian
painter
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He was born in Copenhagen
as the brother of Bjarne Eriksen
, who was a painter too. He studied under Kristian Zahrtmann
in 1904 and 1905, and painted in the impressionist style. He is represented with two works in the National Gallery of Norway
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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He was born in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
as the brother of Bjarne Eriksen
Bjarne Eriksen (painter)
Bjarne Eriksen was a Norwegian painter.He was born in Copenhagen as the brother of Sigurd Eriksen, who was a painter too. He studied under Kristian Zahrtmann in 1904 and 1905, and was also influenced by Henrik Sørensen. He is represented in the National Gallery of Norway.-References:...
, who was a painter too. He studied under Kristian Zahrtmann
Kristian Zahrtmann
Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, was a Danish painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Esbern Philipsen, who broke away from both the strictures of traditional Academicism and the...
in 1904 and 1905, and painted in the impressionist style. He is represented with two works in the National Gallery of Norway
National Gallery of Norway
The National Gallery of Norway is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.-History:...
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