Leonard Rickhard
{{Short description|Norwegian painter (1945–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates | date=February 2024}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1945|5|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tvedestrand, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age |2024|1|7|1945|5|12|df=y}}
| death_place = Arendal
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| alma_mater = Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts
| occupation = Painter
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| awards = Prince Eugen Medal (2000)
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Leonard Rickhard (12 May 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a Norwegian painter.
Personal life
Rickhard was born in Tvedestrand on 12 May 1945, a son of Birgit Andreassen and Leif Rickhard..
Career
Rickhard studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1966 to 1967, and at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1967 to 1971.
He is represented at the National Museum of Norway, which has 13 of his works, as well as at museums in Stockholm, Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. He was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/ordnarochmedaljer/medaljer/prinseugenmedaljen/medaljforlaningar.4.1a3366210de661ad20800042171.html |title=Medaljförläningar – Prins Eugen-medaljen |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |access-date=11 February 2024 |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191343/http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/ordnarochmedaljer/medaljer/prinseugenmedaljen/medaljforlaningar.4.1a3366210de661ad20800042171.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Rickhard died in Arendal on 7 January 2024.
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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leonard Rickhard |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Leonard_Rickhard |language=no |accessdate=11 February 2024}}
{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leonard Rickhard |first=Åsmund |last=Thorkildsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |editor-first=Knut |editor-last=Helle |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Leonard_Rickhard |language=Norwegian |access-date=11 February 2024}}
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Category:People from Tvedestrand
Category:20th-century Norwegian painters
Category:21st-century Norwegian painters
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