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Øyvind Sørensen
Øyvind Sørensen (29 April 1887 – 11 October 1962) was a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in Fredrikstad, Norway. Most of his career was spent as an illustrator for the newspaper ''Aftenposten'', where he worked for over a period of fifty years. Also, there were records of him working for some satirical magazines. Many of his illustrations where represented on various museums and institutions, including the National Gallery of Norway, Oslo Bymuseum and Bergen Museum. During various points in his life, Øyvind Sørensen trained under Johan Nordhagen, Bernard Naudin, Stanley Anderson and Rowland Hilder. Career at Aftenposten Øyvind Sørensen's first stint at ''Aftenposten'' began in 1909. It lasted until 1914, when he left to work for other publications. He joined ''Aftenposten'' again in 1918, and worked there until 1957. Besides ''Aftenposten'', his work also appeared in magazines, comic books and Christmas booklets. His work in the Christmas booklets, especially the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Hilder
Rowland Frederick Hilder OBE (28 June 1905 Р21 April 1993) was an English landscape artist and book illustrator. Early life He was born in New York to Roland and Kitty Hilder (n̩e Fissenden). Following the outbreak of the First World War, Hilder's English father decided in 1915 to return to his native county of Kent, England, to enlist in the army. Hilder studied at Goldsmiths' College, in south London where he met botanical artist Edith Blenkiron (1903-1992). They married and had two children. As a student with little money he cycled into Kent and discovered the Shoreham Valley in the North Downs where he sketched the same barn drawn by the painter Samuel Palmer in the 1820s. This interest in the countryside began a lifelong passion for drawing landscapes in both pencil and watercolour, initially of Kent, "the Garden of England", and the Thames with its sailing vessels and old buildings. Career Hilder was commissioned by Oxford University Press to illustrate book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Deaths
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – The office of Pope John XXIII announces the excommunication of Fidel Castro for preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Netherlands, Dutch rail disaster. * January 9 – Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact. * January 12 – The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations in West Irian. * January 13 – People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China. * January 15 ** Portugal abandons the United Nations General Assembly due to the debate over Angola. ** French designer Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent launches Yves Saint Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January * January 11 РLouis Pasteur's anti- rabies treatment is defended in the Acad̩mie Nationale de M̩decine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 РBattle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. February * February 2 РThe first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 РThe Interstate Comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Oslo
The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick University, the university was established in 1811 as the de facto Norwegian continuation of Denmark-Norway's common university, the University of Copenhagen, with which it shares many traditions. It was named for King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway, and received its current name in 1939. The university was commonly nicknamed "The Royal Frederick's" (''Det Kgl. Frederiks'') before the name change, and informally also referred to simply as ''Universitetet'' (). The university was the only university in Norway until the University of Bergen was founded in 1946. It has approximately 27,700 students and employs around 6,000 people. Its faculties include (Lutheranism, Lutheran) theology (with the Lutheran Church of Norway having been Norway's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo City Museum
Oslo City Museum (''Oslo Bymuseum'') is a department of Oslo Museum in Oslo, Norway since 2006. The museum is located at Frogner Manor (''Frogner Hovedgård'') in Frogner Park (''Frognerparken''). The museum was first founded in 1905 as the association ''Det gamle Christiania''. Initiator and committee leader until 1912 was architect Fritz Holland (1874-1959). A committee members included Bishop of Oslo Anton Christian Bang, architects Torolf Prytz and Harald Olsen, artist Eilif Peterssen and military officer Thomas Heftye. The museum moved into the main building at Frogner Manor in 1909. Oslo City Museum was a private association until the end of 2005. In 2006 it became part of the newly established Oslo Museum, together with two other museums; the Intercultural Museum and the Theatre Museum. Oslo Museum is now headquartered at Frogner Manor. Oslo City Museum has an extensive library with the purpose of documenting the history of the City of Oslo, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum is the List of national galleries, national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), National Portrait Gallery collection at Gripsholm Castle, Gripshom, the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris (Institut Tessin). In the summer of 2018, Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in Östersund to exhibit parts of the collection in the north of Sweden. The museum's benefactors include King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. It was founded in 1792 as (Royal Museum). The present building was opened in 1866, when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum, and was among the buildings that hosted the 1866 General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866), General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm. The current building, built between 1844 and 1866, was inspired by n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trangviksposten
''Trangviksposten'' is a satirical newspaper parody created by Jacob Hilditch. It first appeared as a feuilleton in the newspaper ''Aftenposten'', a parody of a fictional local newspaper in a small town. ''Trangviksposten'' is a satire on Norwegian local newspapers and the social conditions in Norwegian small towns as they must have faded in the last decades of the 19th century. The fictitious "Trangvik" is apparently located, as you can read between the lines in ''Trangviksposten'', somewhere on the coast between Horten and Kristiansand. Trangviksposten's editor "Syvertsen" leads a daily battle against his fiercest competitor, Trangvik Tidende. Among illustrators were Olaf Gulbransson, Theodor Kittelsen and Øyvind Sørensen. ''Trangviksposten'' was published in three book volumes between 1900 and 1907. A selection was published by Den norske Bokklubben in 1980, edited by Mentz Schulerud. The 1927 film ''Den glade enke i Trangvik ''Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (English langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Naudin
Bernard Étienne Hubert Naudin (11 November 1876, Châteauroux - 7 March 1946, Paris) was a French painter, designer, caricaturist, and engraver. Biography He was born into a family of watchmakers and antique dealers. His father, who died in 1890, was also a painter and designer, and served as his first teacher.Élisabeth Dixmier and Michel Dixmier (preface by Madeleine Reberioux), ''L'Assiette au beurre : revue satirique illustrée, 1901-1912'', Éd. François Maspero, 1974, pp.322-324. In 1891, he created his first illustration (a 17th century bagpiper) for Jean Baffier, the publisher of a literary revue called ''Le Réveil de la Gaule''. The following year, he published his first collection, composed of scenes from the province of Berry, France, Berry. In 1893, he moved to Paris and gave guitar lessons to pay for his studies at the Académie Colarossi, where he would later become a teacher. In 1897, he was able to obtain a scholarship from the city of Châteauroux, that e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by Frederick II of Denmark, King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see ''formannskapsdistrikt''). The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Østfold, Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, and Rolvsøy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994. The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak, about from the Sweden border. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As of 31 December 2024, according to Statistics Norway, these two municipalities have a total population of 146,001 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
