Oscar Ambrosius Castberg (30 September 1846 – 18 June 1917) was a Norwegian painter and sculptor.

Bkiography

He was born at Bygland in

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, Norway . His father, physician Tycho Fredrik Edvard Castberg, was the oldest living son of priest and politician

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. Oscar Ambrosius Castberg was the nephew of customs surveyor Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg and first cousin of

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and

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. Oscar Ambrosius Castberg had one older brother, banker Peter Harboe Castberg.Slekten Castberg gjennem 300 år
, by A. St. Castberg. Oscar Ambrosius Castberg first tried his luck at sea, but gave this up due to problems with

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. Instead, he took a sculptor's education, studying with a public grant under

Julius Middelthun Julius Olavus Middelthun (3 July 1820 – 5 May 1886) was a Norwegian sculptor and educator. He is most associated with his busts and statues. Biography Middelthun was born at Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Georg Middelthun (17 ...

in Christiania and

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in Copenhagen. Due to the difficulty of surviving from sculpting alone, he also became a painter. He took up landscape painting on a naturalistic basis with motifs principally from Kristiania and the surrounding area. He is represented with one work in the

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. Castberg died in 1917 in

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