Bendik Riis
Bendik Arnold Riis Kristiansen (20 November 1911 – 20 January 1988) was a Norwegian artist whose works are on display in National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. He graduated from Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. Art created by Riis (while he was committed as a mental patient, against his own wishes) at Gaustad Sykehus, disappeared into the possession of employees of the hospital, against the wishes of the artist according to Ketil Bjørnstad's biography of the artist.
Also recorded as Bendik Arnold Riis Kristiansen
Bendik Riis
- Born
- 1911 · Fredrikstad Municipality.
- Died
- 1988 · Halden.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
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Bendik Arnold Riis Kristiansen (20 November 1911 – 20 January 1988) was a Norwegian artist whose works are on display in National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. He graduated from Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. Art created by Riis (while he was committed as a mental patient, against his own wishes) at Gaustad Sykehus, disappeared into the possession of employees of the hospital, against the wishes of the artist according to Ketil Bjørnstad's biography of the artist.
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Aftenposten said that the painting Castraktion (castration) from 1957 is "counted among his most important". (A copy of the painting was printed in Aftenposten in 2011.)
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Fredrikstad Municipality.
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Halden.
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