Ragnvald Amandus Pedersen Hjerlow (surname also spelled Hjerløw; February 20, 1863 – March 13, 1947) was a

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painter and a teacher at the

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. Hjerlow was born in Christiania (now

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). He received early training under Jacob Calmeyer, graduated from the National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in 1880, and then became a student of

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. He studied in Munich in 1882 and in Paris and Brittany from 1889 at 1891. He received the A. C. Houen Grant in 1890 and 1891. In 1883 he attended

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's "open-air academy" at Modum, and he debuted at the Autumn Exhibition in 1883. Hjerlow attended the 1889 World Exhibition in Paris, where he received honorable mention. Hjerlow was a teacher at Christiania Burgher School from 1895 and a senior teacher at the National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1908 to 1933. He is represented in the

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with his painting ''Fra mitt vindu'' (From My Window), painted in Paris in 1891. The painting is described as "a sunny and colorfully well-executed little picture."

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