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Painter born in 1944
Odd
Nerdrum
They do not walk through streets or live in houses. They live in a landscape and eventually find a cave to die in.
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The painter
A life devoted
to kitsch
Odd “Sønni” Nerdrum, born April 8, 1944 (Helsingborg, Sweden), is the most prominent classical painter in Scandinavia of recent times. His works have been acquired by museums in America, Europe and Asia. His paintings, rooted in the Ancient Greek understanding of human proportions, are often post-apocalyptic in nature and build on themes of refuge and forbidden longings. His primary influences from the pictorial tradition of Europe are Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Titian. In the course of more than six…
Read the biography“I consider you the greatest painter living and I am proud to have you as my friend.”— Andrew Wyeth, in a letter to Odd Nerdrum, 2003
The Nerdrum Museum
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Public Collections
Nerdrum in
other collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, U.S.
Seven Bridges Foundation
Greenwich, U.S.
Racine Art Museum
Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Arkansas arts center
Little Rock, U.S.
The School
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