Rude, Torkildsen, Finne, Danifer, Clüver, Sverdrup
03.05.34 – 23.05.34
This exhibition was shown at Kunstnernes Hus in 1934 and contained artworks created by Rolf Rude, Trygve Torkildsen, Henrik Finne, Sigurd Danifer, Bernt Julius Muus Clüver and Otto Sverderup. The artists were part of a grouping that focused on the coloristic and technical problems in the painting, instead of emphasizing the expression of the painting as, among others, the Matisse students did.
On the occasion of this exhibition, Rolf Rude stated "We, who were to begin our artistic education in the years after the war, were inclined to look with a certain skepticism at the many 'isms' and systems that prevailed then. That is why we searched back to the original sources . . , to the fixed and certain, to the study of the elements of painting, to the artisanal and constructive".
About the artists
Rolf Rude (1899-1971) was a Norwegian graphic artist and painter. He was educated at the Statens Håndverks og Kunstindustriskole. Rude often used deep, warm colors with soft, diffuse transitions in his paintings, in addition to symbolism.
Rude is represented in the National Gallery of Norway and the State Museum of Art in Copenhagen.
Trygve Torkildsen (1899-1984) was a Norwegian painter. He was also educated at the Statens Håndverks og Kunstindustriskole and later at Pola Gauguin's private painting school in Kristiania. Torkildesen is considered an important representative of the movement "the new realism", a reaction to expressionism.
Henrik Finne (1898-1992) was a Norwegian painter who started as a painter of landscapes and figure compositions, often painted in a brown color scale. After 1940, he changed his artistic expression and began with graphics such as woodcuts and etchings. At the end of the 40s, he also made his debut as a sculptor.
Sigurd Danifer (1894-1959) was a trained electrical engineer, who worked as a graphic artist and painter. He started his artistic career as an illustrator for various newspapers. He is best known for his paintings of Oslo from the 20s and 30s with motifs such as factory pipes, untidy buildings, bare trees and the Oslo Fjord. Danifer has several works in the National Gallery's collection.
Bernt Julius Muus Clüver (1897-1941) was a Norwegian painter. Clüver was educated at Pola Gauguin's painting school, and later in Paris as a student of Othon Friesz, André Lhote, Raoul Dufy, Charles Camoin and Pedro Araujo. The subjects in his pictures were largely landscapes in romantically deep colors. Later, Clüver implemented a simplification in his paintings, as well as adopting elements from Surrealism.
Otto Sverderup (1897-1978) was a Norwegian painter. He was educated at Statens Håndverks og Kunstindustriskole under Eivind Nielsen and at the Academy of Arts under Axel Revold, in addition he apprenticed with Othon Friesz and André Lhote in Paris. Sverderup mostly painted nature motifs from Norway, and he often included figures such as people and animals in the nature paintings.
