Guttorm Guttormsgaard (13 September 1938 – 26 October 2019) was a Norwegian visual artist, educator and collector.

Personal life

Guttormsgaard was born on 13 September 1938 in

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, to Knut Guttormsgaard and Ingeborg Stenstad. He married Karin Eie in 1940. His children include actor, musician and screenwriter Aslag Guttormsgaard (b. 1969), and actress, screenwriter and film director Anna Gutto (b. 1977).

Career

Guttormsgaard studied at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design () was established in 1818. In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of ...

under the supervision of and

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, and with Niels Lergaard at the

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. From 1967 to 1973 he lectured at the

Oslo School of Architecture and Design The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (, AHO) is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers education in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, and landscape architecture. AHO offers three f ...

. He was appointed professor at the

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in 1980, and served as rector of the institution from 1983 to 1984. His public works include ''La hundre blomster blomstre'' (1973, in collaboration with ceramist Karin Eie Guttormsgaard), ''Labyrinten'' (1989–1993) at the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

, and ''Havet og livshistorien'' for the

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. He is represented with works in the

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, Riksgalleriet, , Trondheim Art Museum, , and other galleries. He illustrated several books, and was awarded for 2017. In 2009 he was awarded honorary membership of the association . A collector, he acquired the old

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in the village of

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, which he used as atelier and museum, and where he arranged numerous exhibitions. His collection of more than 20,000 artifacts has been donated to a foundation, ''Guttormsgaards Arkiv''. Guttormsgaard died in October 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guttormsgaard, Guttorm 1938 births 2019 deaths Artists from Oslo Norwegian printmakers Norwegian art educators 20th-century Norwegian illustrators 21st-century Norwegian illustrators Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Academic staff of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design Academic staff of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Collectors from Oslo