Dagfin Werenskiold (16 October 1892 – 29 June 1977) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter. He was born in

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as son of Norwegian painter and illustrator

Erik Werenskiold Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the Asbjørnsen and Moe collection of '' Norske Folkeeventyr'', and his illustrations for ...

, and brother of geologist

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. He first learned drawing from his father. In 1911, he first went on a study trip to

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and in 1913 to

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. In 1918 he married Elisabeth Mathilde Schram (1897–1989), the granddaughter of the book collector Thorvald Boeck. Werenskiold then studied in

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from 1920 to 1923. Dagfin Werenskiold made several relief works, including the bronze doors of the

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in 1937 with scenes from the Sermon on the Mount. He also made decorations at St. Olaf College in

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and altarpieces for Hornindal Church at

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County and Sandefjord Church at

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county. Among his works are the painting ''Jørgen Tjønnstaul'' in the

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, a head sculpture of Fridtjof Nansen, and ''Yggdrasilfrisen'' in Oslo City Hall. He illustrated the 1939 edition of Nordahl Rolfsen's readers, and editions of Norwegian fairytales.

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1892 births 1977 deaths Artists from Bærum Norwegian sculptors 20th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century sculptors {{Norway-artist-stub