| Armour | |
|---|---|
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| Year | 1926 |
| Medium | alabaster |
| Dimensions | 109.5 cm× 50 cm(43.1 in× 20 in) |
| Location | National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo |
Armour is an oil painting by Norwegian painter Ragnhild Keyser (1889-1943), probably from 1926.
| Armour | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Year | 1926 |
| Medium | alabaster |
| Dimensions | 109.5 cm× 50 cm(43.1 in× 20 in) |
| Location | National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo |
Armour is an oil painting by Norwegian painter Ragnhild Keyser (1889-1943), probably from 1926.
The painting's dimensions are 109.5 x 50 centimeters. The painting has been in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, since 1977. [1] It represents a man carrying a white shield with a red dot on it, reminiscent of a target.
Ragnhild Keyser was one of Nordic painting's foremost abstract painters in the 1920s. She was inspired in Paris, by André Lhote and Fernand Léger, where she stayed from 1920 to 1935. She performed her most important works in the style since referred to as Scandinavian Cubism during the years 1925–1927. [2]
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Ragnhild Keyser was a Norwegian painter. She was a visual artist and abstract painter principally active during the 1920s.
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Thorvald Hellesen was a Norwegian abstract artist, designer and painter. His art was associated with the Orphic Cubism movement.
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Marie-Thérèse Auffray was a French painter and fighter in the French Resistance during World War II. She began her career in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and was known for her expressionist works. She remained independent of the art market, whose mercantile codes she always rejected.
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