Liv Nergaard (April 17, 1924 – July 25, 2016)''Universitets- og skoleannaler. Ny række''. 1944, vol. 59, p. 116. was a Norwegian painter,

textile artist Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects. Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization. The methods and materials use ...

, and sculptor. She also created portraits and produced puppet performances for educational use.

Biography

Nergaard was born in

Oppegård Oppegård is an area in Nordre Follo, Akershus, Norway. Oppegård was a municipality in the county Akershus. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kolbotn. The municip ...

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, the daughter of Tordis Nergaard and Eivin Nickelsen. She attended the

Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts The Norwegian National Academy of Arts () was a former Norwegian tertiary institution in Oslo, offering studies in the area of fine art. Along with four other academies, it merged to form the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, KHiO) in 1996. ...

from 1945 to 1946, and Bergen Teacher Training College () from 1971 to 1972. In addition, she was a visiting student 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 ...

(from 1943 to 1945 and again from 1952 to 1953) and at the

Illegal Academy The Illegal Academy () was an underground Norwegian teaching institution for artists. The Illegal Academy was established in Oslo in 1941. It was created as a response to Nazified Norwegian arts education after the Norwegian National Academy of ...

() from 1943 to 1945. In 1961 she settled in

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together with her husband, the sculptor Finn Henrik Bodvin. During these years, she worked actively as a sculptor; among other things, she participated twice in the Autumn Exhibition (, in 1970 and 1976) and six times in the Southern Norway Exhibition (, between 1969 and 1981). She was active in the Arendal Puppet Theater () and, together with Ute de Lange Nilsen and others, was one of the initiators behind setting up the theater in 1969. Liv Nergaard participated in the artists' colony that developed in Flosta after the Second World War. Together with artists such as

Ferdinand Finne Ferdinand Oscar Finne (12 October 1910 – 31 December 1999) was a Norwegian author, painter, graphic artist, theater decorator and costume designer. Biography He was the son of Esther Lucy Egeberg (1887–1962) and Severin Finne (1883–1 ...

, Ellen Iden, Ivar Jerven,

Kjerstin Øvrelid Kjerstin Marie Øvrelid (March 16, 1929 – January 1989) was a Norwegian painter. She was known for her poetic paintings of flowers and depictions of the sea and skerries, usually those seen from Holmesund, northeast of Arendal, where she had her ...

, Knut Monrad,

Finn Strømsted Finn Strømsted (9 June 1925 – 4 July 2003) was a Norwegian poet and visual artist. He made his literary debut in 1956 with the poetry collection ''Angelicafløyten''. Among his other collections are ''Bidevind'' from 1961, ''Susquehanna Blue ...

, Bodil Cappelen, and Finn Henrik Bodvin, an artistic environment was created that drew inspiration from nature and the

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. In the mid-1960s, six of these artists exhibited at the Skien Art Association () as the Flosta Artists ().Christensen, Linda. 2016. Malerieutstilling med ny vri. ''Arendals Tidende'' (May 2): 17.

References

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