Oscar Wergeland

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For Henrik Wergeland's brother, see Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland.
Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814 painted by Oscar Wergeland in 1885
Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814 painted by Oscar Wergeland in 1885

Oscar Wergeland (1844 – 1910) was a Norwegian painter. He is best known for his historical painting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814, 1885).

[edit] Biography

Wergeland, born in Oslo, was a student at the Copenhagen art academy in 1869. He studied history painting in Munich 1874 – 1876, and lived in Munich until 1889. From 1889 he was teaching at Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole in Kristiania.

The painting Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814 is located in the Norwegian Parliament, behind the speaker's platform and the presidental podium.[1] The painting was used as the main reverse motif of Norwegian 100 kroner notes from 1962 to 1977.

Two of his paintings are located in the National Gallery of Norway.

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Norwegian) "Eidsvoll 1814 – Oscar Arnold Wergelands (1844-1910) kjente maleri fra 1885" – www.stortinget.no (Retrieved on May 9, 2008)
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