Terje Brofos (2 May 1940 – 24 April 2018), better known by

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Hariton Pushwagner, was a Norwegian

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artist.

Early life and education

Born as Terje Brofos during a

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in May 1940, he grew in

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, a neighborhood in the North End of Oslo. In 1944, he was severely injured in a traffic accident. His father Fritjof was an engineer who struggled with alcohol. His mother Elsa worked as a biochemist and would eventually leave her husband.Petter Mejlænder (2 May 2010
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''Aftenposten'' During his youth, he excelled in both summer and winter sports. He became one of Norway's best tennis players and in 1955 played in a doubles final for the Norwegian championship with Arne Melander, a match which the duo lost. Pushwagner finished his education at the State's School of Art and Design of Oslo in 1959. He stated that he quit drawing for a period after his studies and that he struggled for several years to find his personal style.

Career

Pushwagner described himself as a spiritual student of Norwegian author

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, whom he met at

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in 1968. Pushwagner and Jensen lived together for a time, partly in an apartment in

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, Norway and partly in

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, Norway;

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, Sweden and

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, Spain. Pushwagner illustrated Jensen's book ''Og resten står skrivd i stjernene/And the Rest is Writ(ten) in the Stars'' (1995). Fascinated by comics since childhood, Pushwagner was inspired to start the series "Soft City" and "Doktor Fantastisk" during this period. Pushwagner won back the rights to his drawings from Morten Dreyer in 2009. In July 2012, London-based publisher Art / Books published an extensive monograph on his work to coincide with an exhibition at MK Gallery in

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, United Kingdom that subsequently toured to Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in Norway and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in the Netherlands.

Personal life and death

Pushwagner was twice divorced and had two daughters. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and died at Diakonhjemmet Hospital on 24 April 2018.Anniken Aronsen (24 April 2018
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''VG''. He was 77. He is buried at Our Saviour’s cemetery in Oslo.

Education and further studies

*1958-61,

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 ...

, Norway *1963-66,

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, Norway *1970-80, Studies,

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, UK and

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in Paris

Bibliography

References

External links

Pushwagner homepagePushwagner infopageAxel Jensen's Homepage
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