Theodor Kittelsen Trolls

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.

Inventory no.: NG.K&H.B.03222 Cataloguing level: Single object Part of exhibition: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 2022 Det magiske nord. Finsk og norsk kunst rundt 1900, 2015 Theodor Kittelsen, 2007 - 2008 Show more Acquisition: Purchased from the artist, 1907 Owner and collection: Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, The Fine. Troll figurines in Norway, made according to Kittelsen's drawings, are a popular souvenir among tourists.

Theodor Severin Kittelsen was born on April 27, 1857 in a town called Krager in the family of a merchant. He has been drawing since childhood. His father died early, and he had to start working to feed his brothers and sisters.

Theodor Severin Kittelsen 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.

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.

Kittelsen was born in the coastal town of Kragerø in Telemark county, Norway. 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.

Kittelsen was apprenticed to a watchmaker. 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. Theodor Kittelsen: Among Trolls & Nature Explore more in our Mag Here is a visual guide about the life and work of the famous Norwegian painter Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914), who was one of the most interesting artists of his era. He portrayed a lot of themes related to the Norwegian nature and its folk tales.

"In considering Theodor Kittelsen's highly captivating Troll Magic -presented here in Tiina Nunnally's excellent translation and accompanied by Kittelsen's own inimitable illustrations-I thought less of the iconic fairy tales of Grimm or Andersen and more of the strange, sometimes quirky, always powerful retellings and reshapings of.