About
Swedish-born Norwegian figurative painter who founded the Kitsch Movement in painting. Drew great inspiration from Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
Before Fame
He had his formal art education at the Art Academy of Oslo and later attended the Dusseldorf Art Academy.
Trivia
He wrote a manifesto "On Kitsch," which rejected the traditional art world.
Family Life
He had a complex and troubled relationship with his parents. His mother left the family for a time to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology, causing him to feel abandoned and unwanted, and he found out later on that his father was not his birth parent. Rather, he had been born as a result of an affair his mother had conducted with former beau David Sandved.
Associated With
He studied painting under Joseph Beuys at the Dusseldorf Art Academy.
