Ida Margrethe Lorentzen (born December 11, 1951, in
New York City
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) is an American born, Norwegian artist known for her paintings of interiors of a melancholic nature.
Biography
Ida Lorentzen was raised and educated in
New England
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and
Oslo
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. She studied at
Boston University
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’s School of Fine Arts (1970–1974) and the
Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts
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in Oslo (1974–1979). She was awarded the Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund from the
American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1995 for her ''Room With a View'', (1993) . She married Erik Nilsen-Moe in 1974,
Ida Lorentzen has painted several portrait commissions,
Queen Sonja of Norway
Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway since 17 January 1991 as the wife of King Harald V.
Sonja and the then Crown Prince Harald had dated for nine years prior to their marriage in 1968. They had kept their relations ...
(1994) and the Coronation Ceremony in the
Nidaros Cathedral
Nidaros Cathedral ( no, Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke) is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II (c. 995–1030, reigned 1015–102 ...
in 1991. Master dissertations are on file at
Oslo University,
Bergen University and Tromsø University.
Family
Her father Oivind Lorentzen Jr. was chairman and president of Flagship Cruises, Ina., which operated the cruise ship Sea Venture. Her maternal grandfather was Brigadier General LaPrade, and her paternal grandfather, a former member of the Chemical Bank international who served during World War II as director of Norwegian shipping, in charge of the Free Norwegian Merchant Marine. Her husband was the son of Norwegian industrialist Halfdan Nilsen‐Moe, and her aunt-in-law Ingrid Smestad (née Nilsen-Moe), was married to Carl Smestad, scion of the Smestad family.
Work
Her work is mainly centered around pastels and paintings of interior space, often hinting at a melancholic and sentimental mood. Her work is highly realistic, and implements strong use of light, shadow and composition to portray an interior space. Lorentzen says this about her own work: "When I have to say something about my paintings, I always think back to my student days and quote Philip Guston, who was then teaching at Boston University College of Fine Art: We are image-makers, and image-ridden, after many years I see how my own images do follow me."
.
References
Further reading
* '' The Story of Seven paintings''
External links
Ida Lorentzen Official websiteIda Lorentzen Museum at BlaafarveverketFineArt AS. St.Hanshaugen. OsloNorwegian
1951 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian painters
21st-century Norwegian painters
Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
American people of Norwegian descent
Norwegian women painters
20th-century Norwegian women artists
21st-century Norwegian women artists
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