Axel Revold (24 December 1887 – 11 April 1962) was a Norwegian

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, and art professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts for twenty years. He was highly decorated for his merits. Axel Revold OB

Personal life

Revold was born in Ålesund as the son of merchant Julius Revold and Johanne Hjelpsten. He was married to Ingrid Müller from 1915 to 1928. From 1929 he was married to painter Irmelin Nansen, the daughter of

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and

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. He is the father of artist Dagny Hald. He died in Bærum in 1962.

Career

Revold initiated engineering studies in Kristiania in 1906, and also followed evening courses at Den kgl. Tegneskole in Kristiania. In 1908 he discontinued his engineering education and moved to Paris as a student of Henri Matisse for two years. He was also inspired by

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and Kees van Dongen. Fredskapellet alter

Among Revold's paintings are ''Apasjer'' from 1912 and ''Fiskere på Middelhavet'' from 1914. He is represented in National Gallery of Norway with more than twenty paintings, including ''Italienerinne'' from 1913, ''Fiskevær'' from 1916, ''Morgen'' from 1927 and ''Fiskerflåten drar ut'' from 1935. His painting ''Kongens hjemkomst'' from 1945 is located at the

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in Oslo. He also painted

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

s and decorated churches. Revold was appointed professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1925 to 1946. In 1941, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Revold had to leave the academy. Together with fellow professor

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they were secretly running an undercover art academy in Oslo. Their academy was called "The Factory" ( no, Fabrikken), after its first location in a closed corset factory. They were later located at Lauritz Falk's home and at

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's atelier at Holmenkollen. In 1955 he was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal and decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He was a Commander of the Danish

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, the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, and the Finnish

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. He was Officer of the French l'Instruction Publique, and a Knight of the Legion of Honour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revold, Axel 1887 births 1962 deaths People from Ålesund Norwegian illustrators 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Fresco painters Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal 20th-century Norwegian male artists