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Halfdan Egedius (May 5, 1877 – February 2, 1899) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.
Egedius. North. December 4, 2005
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File:Halfdan Egedius - Portrait of Mari Clasen - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Portrait of Mari Clasen'' (oil on canvas, 1895)
Image:Olav den helliges saga - Olav og Rane i viking - H. Egedius.jpg , Illustration for ''St. Olaf's Saga'', ''
MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image repository)
illustrations by Halfdan Egedius from Kongesagaer. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. {{DEFAULTSORT:Egedius, Halfdan 1877 births 1899 deaths People from Drammen Norwegian illustrators Deaths from actinomycosis 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century male artists
Halfdan Egedius (May 5, 1877 – February 2, 1899) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.
Biography
Halfdan Johnsen Egedius was born inDrammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konner ...
in Buskerud county and grew up in Christiania (now Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
). His interest in painting and illustration began at the age of 5 and he showed exceptional artistic abilities early. He attended art school from the age of 9 at the school of art of Knud Bergslien, where he was a pupil from 1886 to 1889. In 1891 he was a pupil of Erik Werenskiold, and from 1891 to 1892 he studied at the Arts and Crafts School in Christiania. In 1894 he attended the Harriet Backer art school. During spring 1896, he was a student of Kristian Zahrtmann
Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, (31 March 1843 – 22 June 1917) was a Danish painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Esbern Phi ...
in Copenhagen
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. From the age of 15 he began painting the landscape of Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
.
Professionally known as Halfdan Johnsen Egedius, he was active from the age of 16 until his premature death at the age of 21. In his short life he managed to create several Norwegian masterpieces in a variety of styles. He is best known for his illustrations of the ''Heimskringla
''Heimskringla'' () is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorre Sturlason (1178/79–1241) 1230. The name ''Heimskringla'' was first used in the 17th century, derive ...
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Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
in 1898, and after relapsing before Christmas, was hospitalized in Christiania, where he died in February 1899, not yet 22 years old. The cause of death was actinomycosis, a bacterial infection that attacked the internal organs. He was buried in the churchyard at Vestre Aker
Vestre Aker (Western Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a population of 50,157 as of 2020.
The previous Aker Municipality was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.
The borough of Vestre Aker was organized as part of the 1 Ja ...
. Fifty years after his death, a memorial stone was erected.
Gallery
Heimskringla
''Heimskringla'' () is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorre Sturlason (1178/79–1241) 1230. The name ''Heimskringla'' was first used in the 17th century, derive ...
'' (1897)
Image:Magnus den godes saga - Magnus og Kalv Arnesson Stiklestad - H. Egedius.jpg, Illustration for ''Saga of Magnus the Good'', ''Heimskringla'' (1898)
Image:Olav Tryggvasons saga - Eriks menn entrer Ormen lange - Halfdan Egedius.jpg , Illustration for ''Saga of Olaf Tryggvason'', ''Heimskringla'' (1897)
Image:Olav den helliges saga - Kong Olavs fall - H. Egedius.jpg, Illustration for ''St. Olaf's Saga'', ''Heimskringla'' (1899).
Image:Sverdrups skuffelse - Egedius.jpg, Illustration for Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 186113 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. He led the team t ...
's ''Fram over Polhavet: den norske polarfærd 1893-1896'' (1897)
File:Halfdan Egedius - Soir d'été.jpg, ''Summer's Eve'' (1893)
File:Egedius Halfdan Vågå 1894-crop.png, ''Fra Vågå'' (1894)
References
Sources
* Walther Halvorsen. ''Halfdan Egedius''. Gyldendal 1914 * Øistein Parmann. ''Halfdan Egedius: liv og verk''. Dreyer, Oslo, 1990.External links
* *MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image repository)
illustrations by Halfdan Egedius from Kongesagaer. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. {{DEFAULTSORT:Egedius, Halfdan 1877 births 1899 deaths People from Drammen Norwegian illustrators Deaths from actinomycosis 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century male artists