Solo show
Thorvald Hellesen. Pioneering Cubism
31 Mar 2023 — 20 Aug 2023 at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
· Oslo
This temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design explores the pioneering role of Thorvald Hellesen in the development of Cubism. Hellesen's innovative approach to form and perspective helped shape early modernist art in the early twentieth century.
About the artist
Thorvald Hellesen
1888–1937
Thorvald Hellesen was a Norwegian abstract artist, designer and painter, recognized as a pioneering Cubist in Norway. . His art was associated with the Orphic Cubism movement and early non-figurative art. Hellesen is often cited as Norway's first Cubist painter, though his contributions went…
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National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
· Oslo
The National Museum is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. The collection totals over 400,000 works, amongst them the first copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream from 1893. The museum is state-owned and managed by the…