Jørgen Dobloug (23 April 1945 – 16 January 2018) was a Norwegian artist based in
Düsseldorf
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and
Oslo
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.
He studied at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, Switzerland (1969) in the class of
Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann ( HonRDI) (29 June 1920 – 18 December 2020) was a Swiss graphic designer.
He began his career in 1947 as a teacher at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel School of Art and Crafts at the age of twenty-six. Hofmann followed Emil R ...
and Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (1971 – 84), in the classes of Professor
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...
, Daniel Hees and
Franz Eggenschwiler. Dobloug is an important Norwegian artist, who left Norway and what be believed to be a rigid educational system for performing arts, to find his own way. Dobloug’s works have been shown in a large number of exhibitions, in Norway and abroad.
His works are mainly acrylic paintings displaying either abstract motifs or heads/faces. They are humorous, partly with contradictory elements in respect of both motif, composition and colours. The works span from strict geometric paintings including grid-patterns, to playful paintings executed with a rough, almost expressive, brush. There is furthermore conceptual side to Dobloug’s project.
His works are part of international art collections as
Nasjonalmuseet,
Museum Kunstpalast
The Kunstpalast, formerly Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf is an art museum in Düsseldorf.
History
The roots of the museum go back around 300 years. In 1932, the collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Academy of Art) was housed in the Kunstmu ...
,
Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter,
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
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, Svensk Konstfond,
Tangen-Samlingen,
Telenor
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Art Collection,
Storebrand
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Art Collection,
Christian Bjellands kunstsamling or the art collection of
NSB.
Dobloug was granted the Norwegian Government Grant for Artists from 1995.
References
Bibliography
* Tim Simon Tilgner: Jørgen Dobloug , Oslo — Basel — Düsseldorf (the early years I) 1962—1970, vca° — an extended concept of work 2017,
ISBN 978-3-00-055323-3
* ''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'' Bind 1 A-G p. 492, Universitetsforlaget 1982.
* "Brennpunkt Düsseldorf 1962-1987", Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf 1987. Utstillingskatalog
* Øysten Ustvedt: ''Ny norsk kunst etter 1990'' p. 75-77, Faktabokforlaget 2001.
* Johannes Rød og Arnt Fredheim: ''Malerier'' p. 217, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 2004.
External links
Official Website of Jørgen Dobloug Estate, Archive & ResearchNorsk KunstnerleksikonKunstnerforbundetVestfossen Kunstlaboratorium
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1945 births
2018 deaths
Norwegian expatriates in Germany
20th-century Norwegian painters
21st-century Norwegian painters
Norwegian male painters
20th-century Norwegian male artists
21st-century Norwegian male artists
Artists from Oslo