List of Norwegian artists

This is a list of Norwegian artists listed by medium.

Painters

• Peder Aadnes (1739–1792), painter
• Martin Aagaard (1863–1913), painter
• Rolf Aamot (born 1934), painter, film director, photographer and tonal-image composer
• Alf-Jørgen Aas (1915–1981), painter
• Betzy Akersloot-Berg (1850–1922), painter
• Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831–1892), painter, who specialized in painting historical motifs and images from Norse mythology
• Dina Aschehoug (1861–1956), painter
• Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), painter
• Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002), author, poet, artist
• Marianne Aulie (born 1971), artist
• Harriet Backer (1845–1932), painter
• Peder Balke (1804–1887), landscape painter
• Tupsy Clement (1871–1959), landscape painter
• Hans Dahl (1849–1937), painter of landscapes and genre works
• Johan Christian Dahl (1788–1857), landscape painter
• Andreas Edvard Disen (1845-1923), landscape painter
• Ludvig Eikaas (1920–2010), painter and graphic designer
• Axel Ender (1853-1920), painter and sculptor
• Thorvald Erichsen (1868-1939), painter
• Bjarne Eriksen (1882–1970), painter, brother of Sigurd
• Sigurd Eriksen (1884–1976), painter, brother of Bjarne
• Thomas Fearnley (1802–1842), romanticist landscape painter
• Kai Fjell (1907–1989), painter, printmaker and scenographer
• Johannes Flintoe (1787–1870), painter, known for his depiction of Norwegian landscapes, and scenes from Danish and Scandinavian history
• Paul René Gauguin (1911–1976), painter and graphic designer, grandson of Paul Gauguin
• Rolf Groven (born 1943), painter, known for his satirical art painted in figurative style
• Hans Gude (1825–1903), romanticist painter of landscapes
• Håkon Gullvåg (born 1959), painter of portraits
• DOT DOT DOT (artist) (born Oslo, Norway), visual, public and conceptual artist
• Carl von Hanno (1901–1953), painter, especially of seascapes
• Aasta Hansteen (1824–1908), painter, writer, and early feminist
• Karl Erik Harr (born 1940), painter, illustrator, graphic artist and author
• Jean Heiberg (1884–1976), painter and sculptor
• Thorvald Hellesen (1888-1937), painter and designer
• Lars Hertervig (1830–1902), painter
• Kristen Holbø (1869–1953), painter and illustrator
• Thorolf Holmboe (1866–1935), painter, illustrator, and designer
• Håvard Homstvedt (born 1976), painter
• Olaf Isaachsen (1835–1893), painter
• Lars Jorde (1865–1939), painter
• Theodor Kittelsen (1857–1914), painter especially of nature scenes and illustrations of fairy tales and legends
• Konrad Knudsen (1890–1959), painter, journalist, and parliamentarian
• Anne Krafft (born 1957), painter and photographer
• Christian Krohg (1852–1925), naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist
• Oda Krohg (1860–1935), painter
• Olaf Lange (1875–1965), painter and graphic designer
• Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche (1837-1892), painter and illustrator
• Dagny Tande Lid (1903–1998), painter and illustrator
• Jonas Lie (1880–1940), painter of the sea, channels, and ships
• Bjørg Lødøen (1931–2009), painter, graphics artist, and composer
• Ingrid Lønningdal (born 1981), contemporary artist
• Camilla Løw (born 1976), artist
• Charles Lundh (1856–1908), joined the Skagen Painters in 1883 and 1888
• Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Symbolist painter, printmaker, and a forerunner of expressionistic art
• Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), figurative painter
• Rolf Nesch (1893–1975), expressionist painter and printmaker
• Kjell Nupen (born 1955), painter and sculptor, known for his use of a particular shade of blue
• Wilhelm Peters, painter, participated in the Modern Breakthrough, one of the Skagen Painters
• Frederik Petersen, portrait painter
• Vebjørn Sand (born 1966), painter and artist
• Christiane Schreiber (1822-1898), portrait painter
• Otto Sinding (1842–1909), painter
• Ludvig Skramstad (1855-1912), landscape painter
• Christian Skredsvig (1854–1924), painter and writer
• Harald Sohlberg (1869–1935), neo-romantic painter especially of mountains of Rondane and the town of Røros
• Halvard Storm (1877–1964), 20th century artist/etcher of Norwegian landscapes, towns, and architecture
• Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), impressionist painter
• Adolph Tidemand (1814–1876), painter
• Bernt Tunold (1877–1946), landscape painter
• Emanuel Vigeland (1875–1948), artist of frescoes, stained glass and sculptures
• Gustav Rudolf Undersaker (1887–1972) - painter, impressionist,^[1][2]
• Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and illustrator
• Oscar Wergeland (1844–1910) historical painter
• Herman Willoch (1892–1968), painter of frescoes
• Oluf Wold-Torne (1867-1919), painter

Sculptors

• Marcus Mars (born 1986), sculptor, Blacksmith Artist
• Nils Aas (1933–2004), sculptor and medalist, student of Per Palle Storm
• Guri Berg (born 1963), sculptor and artist
• Brynjulf Bergslien (1830–1898), sculptor
• Kari Buen (born 1938), sculptor
• Sæbjørn Buttedahl (1876–1960), sculptor
• Kristian Kvakland (born 1927), sculptor and artist
• Carl Nesjar (born 1920), sculptor, painter and graphic designer
• Louise Nippierd (born 1962), body sculptor and metalwork artist
• Kjell Erik Killi Olsen (born 1952), painter and sculptor
• Stephan Sinding (1846–1922), Norwegian-Danish sculptor
• Knut Steen (born 1924), sculptor
• Per Palle Storm (1910–1994), naturalistic sculptor, Nils Aas' teacher
• Per Ung (1933–2013), sculptor and graphic designer
• Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), sculptor
• Dyre Vaa (1903–1980), painter and sculptor

Photographers

• Knut Bry (born 1946), photographer and author
• Cecilie Dahl (born 1960), photographer and installation artist
• Sverre M. Fjelstad (born 1930), nature photographer
• Petter Hegre (born 1969), photographer of nudes
• Per Heimly (born 1972), photographer and editor
• Morten Krogvold (born 1950), portrait photographer
• Anders Beer Wilse (1865–1949), photographer
• Ann Lislegaard (born 1962), installations, animations, moving image, sound, light

Cartoonists

• Kaare Bratung (1906–1985), comic strip creator
• Mads Eriksen (born 1977), cartoonist for the comic strips M and Gnom
• Karine Haaland (born 1966), comic strip creator, animator and illustrator, of the comic strip Piray
• Jason (born 1965), cartoonist of anthropomorphic animal characters
• Lise Myhre (born 1975), cartoonist of Nemi
• Christopher Nielsen (born 1963), comics artist especially of subcultural depictions
• Knut Nærum (born 1961), comedian, author, comics writer and TV-entertainer
• Frode Øverli (born 1968), comic strip cartoonist

Architects

• Jon Jerde (born 1940), American architect from Norwegian descent

References