Johan Christian Castberg

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| name = Johan Christian Castberg

| image = Johan Christian Castberg OB.F13363.jpg

| caption = Castberg in 1962

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1911|2|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bergen, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age |1988|11|6|1911|2|1 |df=y}}

| death_place = Oslo

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = painter and illustrator

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| parents = Torgrim Castberg

| relatives = {{ubl | Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg (grandfather) | Johan Castberg (uncle) | Herman Anker (grandfather) | Katti Anker Møller (aunt) | Ella Anker (aunt) }}

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Johan Christian Castberg (1 February 1911 – 1988) was a Norwegian illustrator and painter.

He was born in Bergen to Ida Anker and Torgrim Castberg, and was married twice, to Fredrikke Mustad, and to the pianist Ingrid Kjellstrøm.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johan Castberg |first=Anne |last=Evang |encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |editor-last= | editor-first= | editor-link= |publisher=Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design |location=Oslo |url=https://nkl.snl.no/Johan_Castberg |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 March 2018}}

In the 1930s and 1940s, Castberg worked as an illustrator in Norwegian and Swedish newspapers. After the Second World War, he established himself as a portrait painter. He also painted surrealistic fantasy landscapes.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johan Christian Castberg |last=Kallekleiv |first=Katrine |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Johan_Christian_Castberg |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 March 2018}}