Eva Margot born Johansen (1944 – 2019) was a Norwegian painter, active from the 1970s until her death in 2019.
Biography
Eva Margot Roux (born Johansen) was born on January 10, 1944, and grew up in a working family in
Mosby, a small town ten kilometers north of
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...
in Norway. Very early on she revealed the gifts of designer and storyteller. A few years later, she followed a course in drawing by correspondence (NKS, Norwegian course in correspondence), and followed courses in painting with the painter Arne Solheim in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...
. She left for Paris in January 1966 until 1970. Works like "Le Grand Fossard" or "Une église"
testify to her stay in France. She returned to Mosby in 1971 where from 1977 she exhibitex regularly at Kristiansand.
Notes and references
External links
The Work of Eva Margot Philippe Roux's website on Eva Margot
Norwegian women painters
1944 births
2019 deaths
People from Kristiansand
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