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Henrik Sørensen
Henrik Sørensen (12 February 1882 – 24 February 1962) was a Norwegian painter. Personal life Sørensen was born in Fryksände in Sweden as a son of Severin Sørensen and Helene Høibraaten. He was married to Gudrun Klewe, and is father of physicist Sven Oluf Sørensen. He was a brother-in-law of composer Halfdan Cleve. Painting career Sørensen studied drawing at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Kristiania in 1904 and from 1906 to 1908. He studied with Kristian Zahrtmann in Copenhagen from 1904 to 1905, and became fascinated by the French impressionists while studying at the art school Académie Colarossi in Paris during the autumn of 1905. He studied painting with Henri Matisse in Paris from 1908 to 1910. His breakthrough was the painting ''Svartbækken'' from 1908. His painting ''Varietéartist'' from 1910 caused big headlines, and was bought by the Swedish painter and art collector Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke. He is represented in the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsby
Torsby () is a locality and the seat of Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 4,049 inhabitants in 2010. Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. Notable people * Football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and footballer Marcus Berg are both from Torsby. * Monica Kristensen Solås Monica Kristensen Solås (born 30 June 1950), is a Norway, Norwegian glaciology, glaciologist, meteorologist, Polar region, polar exploration, explorer and crime novelist. She was awarded a Founders Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in ..., a glaciologist, meteorologist, polar explorer and crime novelist, was born in Torsby in 1950. References Municipal seats of Värmland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Torsby Municipality Värmland {{Värmland-geo-stub iu:ᑐᕐᔅᐳ fi:Torsbyn kunta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |