Aase Texmon Rygh
Aase Texmon Rygh (April 13, 1925 – May 21, 2019) was a Norwegian sculptor working in the modernist style.
Aase Texmon Rygh
- Name
- Aase Texmon Rygh
- Born
- 13 April 1925
- Birthplace
- Troms County, Norway
- Died
- 21 May 2019
- Education
- Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry 1944-46 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1948-49
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Movements
- abstract art
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of St. Olav
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Aase Texmon Rygh (April 13, 1925 – May 21, 2019) was a Norwegian sculptor working in the modernist style.
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Biography
Biography
Aase Texmon Rygh studied at Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Oslo. Work by Aase Texmon Rygh is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Stavanger kunstmuseum, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum and Henie-Onstad Art Centre. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of St.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Aase Texmon Rygh • Born — 13 April 1925 • Birthplace — Troms County, Norway • Died — 21 May 2019 • Education — Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry 1944-46 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1948-49 • Notable Works — Möbius • Style — Modernism • Website — http: www.rygh.org/
Early life and education
Early life and education
Aase Texmon Rygh was born in Troms County, Norway. She studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1944 until 1946. Two years later, she studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, under Einar Utzon-Frank, for one year. In 1950, she visited Paris, where she visited the Louvre. The visit would be pivotal in shaping her career as a professional artist.
Career
Career
Texmon Rygh primarily exhibited in Norway, with a retrospective exhibition at the Henie-Onstad Art Centre in 1992. She has had solo works and participated in group exhibitions in Oslo, Bergen, Antwerp and São Paulo.
Work
Work
The Möbius series were Texmon Rygh's signature works. They are sculptures based on the mathematical Möbius strip as the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius developed.
Later life and legacy
Later life and legacy
In 2001, Aase Texmon Rygh became a knight of 1 Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. Texmon Rygh died May, 2019.
Notable exhibitions
Notable exhibitions
• 2018: Aase Texmon Rygh. The Form of Eternity at Alta Museum, Alta, Norway
Notable works
Notable works
• Spiral II, bronze plaque, 1952 in Tønsberg • Bjørn Farmann monument, bronze plaque, 1971 in Tønsberg • Løk (Onions), 1977, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås • Volta, in 1978, Furuset Senter, Oslo • Brutt form (Broken terms), 1983, Furuset Senter, Oslo • Möbius triple, at Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo
Life and career
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Life and career
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1925
Aase Texmon Rygh born at Dyrøy Municipality.
2019
Aase Texmon Rygh died at Oslo.
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Dyrøy Municipality.
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Oslo.
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- 1.Skulptør Aase Texmon Rygh er død. NRK. 2019-06-03.
- 2.Aase Texmon Rygh - Modernism Forever!. DAMN° Magazine.
- 3.Eternity Form – CAS.
- 4.Møbius rund av Aase Texmon Rygh. Magasinet KUNST. 2018-09-25.
- 5.Norwegian Sculpture. Dreyer. 1969.
- 6.Aase Texmon Rygh, Møbius trippel – Nasjonalmuseet – Collection. Nasjonalmuseet.
- 7.Solo exhibition of the pioneering sculptor Aase Texmon Rygh. Mynewsdesk.
- 8.Aase Texmon Rygh. Grøndahl Dreyer. 1992. 82-504-1981-2.
- 9.Aase Texmon Rygh : modernisme for alltid! = Modernism forever!. Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design. 978-82-8154-087-3.
- 10.Jan. Romsaas. Thorbjørn Rygh. Norsk biografisk leksikon. 2014-09-28. 2020-01-09.
- 11.OSL contemporary - Aase Texmon Rygh Female Forms. oslcontemporary.com.
- 12.Erik. Mørstad. Aase Texmon Rygh. Norsk kunstnerleksikon. 2017-02-20. 2020-01-09.
- 13.Oslo inaugure Ekebergparken, un jardin de sculptures. Connaissance des Arts. 2013-10-14.
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Aase Texmon Rygh received Knight of the Order of St. Recorded as having studied at Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
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National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Stavanger kunstmuseum and Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum
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