Theodor Kittelsen

Theodor Severin Kittelsen (April 27, 1857 January 21, 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.
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 Hannos 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 artists 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.
Lauvlia, his former home, is located north of Prestfoss along Route 287, with scenic view of Lake Soneren. The surrounding area, in particular Mount Andersnatten which overlooks the lake a few kilometres north, inspired some of Kittelsen's most famous landscapes. Today Lauvlia is a private museum featuring an exhibition of Kittelsens original work. Lauvlia is decorated with Kittelsen's own woodcarvings and murals. A new exhibition of original Kittelsen works is opened each year with painting and drawing activities arranged for children. The paintings exhibited are rotated each year.
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Music: Steve Roach "Your Own Eyes"

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Poetic , gothic, mesmerising...beautiful ! Thank you

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When I am watching this I feel like I can remember long gone past lives. Not detailed scenarios of things that happened, but feelings, athmospheres and landscapes, that I am sure I havent experienced in this life, still I remember them and especially when watching things like this video.

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Nordic art is beautiful.

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I am curious, are these all things the artist came up with or do you happen to know if any are based on nordic tales? Edit: nevermind, it says sime of them are based on tales is the description.

[@Torosar2]

@@jameslorenz3718 Teodor was an illustrator for old folk tales of the peoples of the north of Europe and Scandinavian mythology. It is vision of great artist, also you can check works another artist, John Bauer, who were creaet arts based on north mythology. www.artnet.com/artists/john-bauer-2/

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The artwork here kind of reminds of the images I'd see in those old mass produced paranormal books I used to read when I was younger. You know the type of books with titles like 'Great Mysteries', 'World's Greatest True Ghost Stories', 'UFO's & Aliens', 'Marvels & Mysteries' etc. These are not necessarily the titles of real books but an example of the type of stuff you'd find going for cheap prices in bargain buckets in stores. They'd usually have images that would haunt you and stick with you. I've probably never seen these pictures before in my life but they still evoke a familiar feeling as they have the same essence/style as those images I saw in books when I was little.

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Now this I love!

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Incredible imagination. Thanks for uploading.

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My favorite

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Burzum 😎

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So beautiful ❤️❤️

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Arts sometimes embrace each other; let me draw a parallel sketch of an example, based on my first reaction when i watched this : '- 'This isn't exactly the sort / source of music one would expect on a Kittelsen documentary...'. In Switzerland, we may say that Hans Rudi Giger triggered Celtic Frost's dark musical imagery, who in turn sort of ''materialized'' in sound, Giger's extradimensional insights. The same goes for Theodor Kittelsen; a great part of the musical contingent that has become Norway's major cultural export, absorbed a whole lot of inspiration from his otherworldly imagination, creativeness and technique. Just like Giger, Kittelsen also appeared to have one particularly devoted disciple amongst those hordes (though he had died 80 years prior) - some of the one disciple's musical pieces seem to merge, indeleble, with Kittelsen's vast palette of wondrously mysterious creation. One thing is to expect, another is to enjoy, and i definitely also enjoyed Steve Roach's music here.

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This should be the direction Elder Ring have gone to

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I wonder if steve roach has seen these

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LIKE A FAIRYTALE- I LIKE IT.

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Burzum music intensifies...

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Muito interessante sua arte. Parabéns!!!

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I like it ! Thanks for sharing !

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Creepy and cool.

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