David's Hall of Fame

Untitled, 1975 (116 x 162 cm) (Photo source:www.gallerihaaken.com)

The English edition of Aftenposten (one of Norways leading newspapers) published the following obituary article after Rose's death in 2002:

Painter Knut Rose, one of the major figures in contemporary Norwegian art, died Monday at Oslo's Ullevål Hospital after a period of poor health. He was 66 years old.

Rose completed his education at Oslo's Academy in 1961. He was a professor at Oslo's Art Academy from 1973-83.

In 1995 the Astrup Fearnley museum inaugurated a series of retrospective exhibitions of Norwegian painters with Rose's work. His paintings had a gripping and distinctive signature that was immediately recognizable.

"In his way he was one of the few surrealists we had in this country, but a very personal and unique twist on surrealism. His art was very much concerned with exposing and presenting subconscious dreams and fantasies," said chief curator Jakob Brun at the Astrup Fearnley-museum.

"And he was loved because his pictures were always so beautiful. But they were beautiful in quite a challenging way," Brun said.

Hans Normann Dahl har utdannelse fra Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole 1952-1957 og kunstakademiet i Warszawa 1965-1966. Han har tegnet for Dagbladet og andre aviser, illustrert en rekke bøker og særlig laget grafikk. Han har hatt et stort antall utstillinger og mottatt flere priser for bokillustrasjoner og plakater. Bildene hans er innkjøpt av blant andre Nasjonalgalleriet, Riksgalleriet, Bergen Billedgalleri, Stavanger Faste Galleri, Oslo Bys Kunstsamlinger, Nasjonalmuseet i Warszawa og byen Montréals faste samlinger m.fl.

Hans Normann Dahl har også arbeidet som tegnelærer i mange år. Han har undervist på Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole, Statens kunstakademi, Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo og Den Nordiske malerskole på Île de Rè i Frankrike. Han eier og driver Mosebekkskolen i Oslo.

Hans Normann Dahl bor i Asker. (source: Wikipedia)

Nichols Canyon 1980 Acrylic on canvas 84 x 60 in. (213.3 x 152.4 cm) Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen

Born in Yorkshire, England, David Hockney attended local art schools then enrolled at the Royal College of Art in London. Hockney visited Los Angeles in 1963 after starting a series of paintings based on his fantasies of homoerotic life in California. These paintings of swimming pools associated him with the Pop Art movement which emerged in both Britain and the United States in the early Sixties. He also painted portraits of friends in the worlds of fashion and art many of whom became emblematic of the culture of the 1960’s. In the 1970’s, Hockney worked in Paris, but settled in Los Angeles in 1976. After establishing himself with his clean, flat style of rendering people and landscape, Hockney is now an important realist painter of pleasing portraits and exotic landscapes that are, for the most part, simple compositions in bright clear colors. He has worked extensively with the performing arts designing sets for theatre and opera in London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles. In the 1980’s, Hockney began making collages that resemble Cubist compositions from Polaroid photographs, and portraits made of many photographic details of the sitter.

(Used with permission from: www.acquavellagalleries.com)

Photo from www.artchive.com

The Cat, Brett Whiteley, Photo Silk Screen,84.5 x 82 cm

Artist, born in Sydney, New South Wales, SE Australia. He studied in Sydney, and also in France, after winning a scholarship. Represented in the 1961 Whitechapel Gallery exhibition, he won the international prize at the second Paris bienniale the same year. He later worked in New York City (1967–9), and continued to travel and exhibit abroad regularly. The most famous Australian painter of his generation, the intensity and self-destructive tendencies of his life are reflected in his art. Winner of major Australian art prizes - the Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman many times over - he is known for his series of paintings of the English murderer, John Christie, his lush, sensuous representations of the female form, and his dazzling paintings of Sydney harbour.

One of the best-known Australian painters of the 20th century, he is collected in most Australian galleries. (Source: Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 11)

Brett Whiteley quotes: "Everyone reaches a point in their life where they must either change or cease."

David's note: Elisabeth Ree is from Moss Norway, and has been drawing and painting as long as she can remember--much thanks to her father, the painter Edmund Ree. Her brother Viggo is also a well known Norwegian artist and enviromentalist.

Elisabeth Ree has won local and national attention. Her contribution to the 1972 "Høstutstillingen" did not go unnoticed, as her bold figures and strong colours render the viewer with a deep psychological effect. Primarilly a painter, she is also a skilled graphic artist with more than 60 lithographs in her portfolio. Her drawings as well, are of the highest quality.

To see more of Elisabeth's work, visit Galleri Henrik Gerner in Moss and locate her under "kunstnere" (artists):