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Vågåsommeren
Vågåsommeren or the Vågå Summer was a Norwegian art colony, artists' collective which came together in Vågå, Innlandet County, in 1894. It consisted of ten painters, all of whom had spent the previous year studying art at Harriet Backer's school in Kristiania (today's Oslo). They were looking for a more relaxed approach to painting than the strict, clear-cut Realism (arts), Realism of the times. Kristen Holbø, together with his good friend and fellow student Halfdan Egedius, both from Vågå, invited their fellow students to spend the summer in the area. The men, including Thorvald Erichsen, Alfred Hauge (painter), Alfred Hauge, Lars Jorde and Oluf Wold-Torne, stayed with Holbø in his house on the Holbø estate while the four women, Johanna Bugge Berge, Lalla Hvalstad, Alice Pihl and Kris Torne were accommodated in Sygard Storvik, a large two-story house in Sjårdalen which belonged to Egedius' father. The get-together started in May and lasted until September. It was reme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Torne
Kristine (Kris) Torne née Laache (1867–1946) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist. In 1894, she was one of ten artists who participated in the Vågåsommeren artists' colony in Vågå, Innlandet, Innlandet County. After painting landscapes and portraits, one of which won a prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition, in 1906 she began creating embroidered works and rugs based on cartoons by her husband Oluf Wold-Torne. Biography Born on 1 February 1867, possibly Trondheim or Steinkjer, Christine Laache was the daughter of Nils Jacob Laache (1831–1892), a priest and later bishop of Trondheim, and his wife Oline Andrine Nielsen (1835–1911). She was one of six children. In 1897, she married the painter Oluf Wold-Torne (1867–1919). In the 1890s, she studied under Eilif Peterssen and Harriet Backer and from 1899 to 1900, she was a student of Jens Ferdinand Willumsen in Copenhagen. In 1894, Kris Laache spent the summer in Vågå together with a group of painters who were interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
