Guttorm Guttormsgaard
{{Short description|Norwegian artist (1938–2019)}}
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Guttorm Guttormsgaard (13 September 1938 – 26 October 2019) was a Norwegian visual artist, educator and collector.
Personal life
Guttormsgaard was born on 13 September 1938 in Oslo, to Knut Guttormsgaard and Ingeborg Stenstad. He married Karin Eie in 1940.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Guttorm Guttormsgaard |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |first1=Sidsel |last1=Helliesen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Guttorm_Guttormsgaard | language=Norwegian |accessdate=18 December 2019}}
His children include actor, musician and screenwriter Aslag Guttormsgaard (b. 1969), and actress, screenwriter and film director Anna Gutto (b. 1977).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2008031/ |title=Anna Gutto |website=imdb.com |accessdate=19 December 2019 }}
Career
Guttormsgaard studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry under the supervision of {{ill|Finn Faaborg|no}} and Chrix Dahl, and with Niels Lergaard at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. From 1967 to 1973 he lectured at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He was appointed professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in 1980, and served as rector of the institution from 1983 to 1984.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Guttorm Guttormsgaard |first=Hege |last=Blom |authorlink= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Guttorm_Guttormsgaard |language=Norwegian |accessdate=18 December 2019}}
His public works include La hundre blomster blomstre (1973, in collaboration with ceramist Karin Eie Guttormsgaard),{{cite encyclopedia|title=Guttorm Guttormsgaard |first1=Sidsel |last1=Helliesen |encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |editor-last= | editor-first= | editor-link= |url=https://nkl.snl.no/Guttorm_Guttormsgaard |language=Norwegian|accessdate=18 December 2019}} Labyrinten (1989–1993) at the University of Tromsø, and Havet og livshistorien for the Seville Expo '92. He is represented with works in the National Gallery of Norway, Riksgalleriet, {{ill|Bergen Billedgalleri|no}}, Trondheim Art Museum, {{ill|Stavanger kunstmuseum|no}}, and other galleries. He illustrated several books, and was awarded {{ill|Bokkunstprisen|no}} for 2017.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bokkunstprisen |first=Katrine |last=Kalleklev |authorlink= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Bokkunstprisen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=18 December 2019}}
In 2009 he was awarded honorary membership of the association {{ill|Norske Grafikere|no}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.norske-grafikere.no/minneord-om-guttorm-guttormsgaard/ |title=Minneord om Guttorm Guttormsgaard |first=Marianne |last=Gihle |website=norske-grafikere.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 December 2019 }} A collector, he acquired the old dairy in the village of Blaker in Sørum, which he used as atelier and museum, and where he arranged numerous exhibitions. His collection of more than 20,000 artifacts has been donated to a foundation, Guttormsgaards Arkiv.{{cite news|url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/den-lille-kunstens-store-forkjemper-1.1607907 |title=Den lille kunstens store forkjemper |first=Lars |last=Elton |newspaper=Dagsavisen |date=27 October 2019 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 December 2019 }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.grafill.no/avb/magasin/intervju-bokkunstprisvinner-2017-guttorm-guttormsgaard |title= Bokkunstprisvinner Guttorm Guttormsgaard. Bokens terroir |first=Audun |last=Vinger |magazine=Grafill |year=2017 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 December 2019 }}
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Category:Norwegian printmakers
Category:Norwegian art educators
Category:20th-century Norwegian illustrators
Category:21st-century Norwegian illustrators
Category:Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Category:Academic staff of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts