Hugo Wathne (25 September 1932 – 6 September 2017) was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor.
Biography
Hugo Frank Wathne was born in
Stavanger, Norway to Frank Ingolf Wathne and Birgit Rosenvold. His father was a painter and glass artist.
Wathne was first a student of sculptor
Magnus Vigrestad. He attended the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818.
In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO).
...
(''Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole'') in Oslo (1949–54) and the
Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts
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(''Statens Kunstakademi'') in Oslo 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 ...
(1954–57) and
Per Krohg (1957-58). He trained in
Copenhagen
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under
Gottfred Eickhoff (1959) and attended the
Académie de la Grande Chaumiere in
Paris
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(1965–66).
He was awarded the Stavanger bys kulturstipend (1956), Schäffers legat (1957); Statens reisestipend (1957); Lorch-Schives legat (1962); Rolf Stenersens legat (1968) and Bærum kommunes kulturstipend (1977). He conducted study trips to study trips
Sweden,
Italy
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,
France
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,
Greece
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,
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
and
Germany
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. He is represented at the
National Gallery of Norway
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, the admission cost is 100 Norwegian kroner.
History
It was establish ...
with the sculpture ''Inntrykk fra en reise'' from 1981. Among his other works are ''Brevduen'' (1970) and ''Akrobatfamilie'' (1971).
ademi
He was an art instructor in sculpture at
Vestlandets kunstakademi in Bergen 1969-70, in ceramics at Bergen kunsthåndverkskole 1971-72 and taught at Kunstskolen in
Rogaland from 1978. In 2009, he was awarded the ''Ingeborg og Per Palle Storms ærespris''. The prize was granted jointly with
Bård Breivik
Bård Breivik (23 November 1948 – 10 January 2016) was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor.
Biography
He was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Thomas Breivik and Sissel Søyland. His father Thomas Breivik (1923-1999) was a not ...
(1948–2016) for their significant effort for Norwegian figurative art. Hugo Wathne died during 2017 at Stavanger.
Personal life
He was shortly married from 1950 until 1951 to writer and actress
Berit Brænne
Berit Winge Brænne (18 September 1918 – 6 September 1976) was a Norwegian actress, children's writer and songwriter.
Personal life
She was born in Aker, a daughter of architect Sigmund Brænne and Bodil Winge, and sister of actress Randi ...
(1918–1976).
References
External links
Hugo Wathne website
Other sources
Fredrik Koch (2008
Hugo: Hugo Wathnes kunst(Mosaikk forlag)
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1932 births
2017 deaths
Artists from Stavanger
Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
Norwegian sculptors
Norwegian educators