Oluf Wold-Torne - Artist Info

About Oluf Wold-Torne

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    Oluf Wold-Torne (7 November 1867, Son - 19 March, 1919, Oslo) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and designer; known primarily for landscapes and still-lifes. His work was heavily influenced by Cézanne.

    His father was in the timber business, but went bankrupt and died before Oluf was born. He grew up in Hølen, where his step-father owned a general store. In 1887, after displaying some artistic talent, his relatives sent him for his first art lessons at the Royal Drawing School in Oslo, where he studied with Eilif Peterssen and Erik Werenskiold. Two years later, he enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, but was dissatisfied with the program there, so he enrolled at a private school run by Kristian Zahrtmann...

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