Reidar Finsrud (born 5 March 1946 in

Drøbak Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants. History Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its own through a royal d ...

) is a Norwegian

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts o ...

. He was educated 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 ...

majoring in graphical arts. His 1970 thesis project "Venezia" received the honor "commended to the King" (''laudabilis cum litteris commendatitiis''), this was only the third time in the history of the school a student received this highest honor. In 1975 he opened "Gallery Finsrud", the largest privately owned art gallery in Eastern Norway. The same year he also opened "Finsrud's drawing and painting school".

Artist and inventor

Finsrud works with various techniques and formats: painting, drawing, graphics and sculpture. His work emphasizes technical invention and industrial design. His invention "

Perpetuum mobile In music, ''perpetuum mobile'' (English pronunciation /pərˌpɛtjʊəm ˈmoʊbɪleɪ/, /ˈmoʊbɪli/; Latin, literally, "perpetual motion"), ''moto perpetuo'' (Italian), ''mouvement perpétuel'' ( French), ''movimento perpétuo'' ( Portuguese) ' ...

" received a lot of media attention, which was finished in 1996. He has developed his own direct casting technique which he has used for most of his sculptures. He has also constructed his own

printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in whi ...

, which he uses for making graphic printmaking documentary about Finsrud has also been made: ''Det umuliges kunst'' (''The Art of the Impossible''), which was shown on

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

and some international TV-stations. The documentary describes Finsrud's artistic works, especially focusing on his ''Invention Perpetuum'' mobile. It was directed by

Øyvind Asbjørnsen Øyvind VonDoren Asbjørnsen (born 28 November 1963) is a Norwegian film producer, director, entrepreneur and watchmaker. He has made several documentaries, TV-series and short films. One of his most notable work was ''The Prince of Chess'', a ...

References

External links

Reidar Finsrud's official page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Finsrud, Reidar People from Frogn Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian artists 1946 births Living people