Finn Henrik Bodvin (October 12, 1928 – August 12, 2002) was a Norwegian sculptor.

Biogeraphy

Bodvin was born in

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, Norway. Bodvin received his art education at the

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and

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(1950), Trondheim Art School (now part of the

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) (1952), Chelsea College of Arts in London (1952),

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(1952–1953) and

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under

Per Palle Storm Per Palle Storm (1 December 1910 – 6 January 1994) was a Danish-born Norwegian sculptor and professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts. Biography He was born in Copenhagen and was raised in Argentina. He was the son of Hans Pet ...

(1953–1956). He worked with various types of materials, from clay, stone, and wood to sculptures in copper and steel. His manner of expression varied from figurative sculpture with the human body as a source of inspiration to abstract and non-figurative works in steel and other metals. Most of his sculptures are formed of welded copper and steel, a technique he has achieved by working with scrap iron. He participated in a number of solo and group exhibits in Norway and abroad, and, among other venues, he took part in the Autumn Exhibition several times from 1958 to 1977 and in the Southern Norway Exhibition () six times, from 1970 to 1975. For many years, Bodvin lived in Flosta, and during this period he was part of an artists' colony that formed in the years after

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. Together with other artists such as Ellen Iden, Ivar Jerven,

Kjerstin Øvrelid Kjerstin Marie Øvrelid (March 16, 1929 – January 1989) was a Norwegian painter. She was known for her poetic paintings of flowers and depictions of the sea and skerries, usually those seen from Holmesund, northeast of Arendal, where she had he ...

, Knut Monrad, Finn Strømsted,

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, and

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, they created an artistic environment that drew inspiration from nature and the

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. In the mid-1960s, six of these artists exhibited at the Skien Art Association () as the Flosta Artists ().Christensen, Linda. 2016. Malerieutstilling med ny vri. ''Arendals Tidende'' (May 2): 17.

Selected works

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copper (1954)
''Claustrum''
steel (1967)
''Figurer''
stainless steel (1969)
''Skritsj-Skratsj''
iron (1970)
''Fugl Phoenix''
steel (1978)

References

1928 births 2002 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian sculptors Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Wayne State University alumni University of Detroit Mercy alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-sculptor-stub