Hans Ødegaard
Hans Ødegaard (30 May 1876 – 1 March 1943) was a Norwegian painter.
Hans Ødegaard
Hans Ødegaard · Oslo Museum: accession number OB.01820 · CC0
- Born
- 1876 · Norderhov Municipality.
- Died
- 1943 · Oslo.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
In this article
Biography
He was born in Norderhov. He studied painting and drawing with Brynjulf Bergslien. He was a student of Fredrik Kolstø the year 1897-1898 and Knud Bergslien the year 1898–1899. Later in Copenhagen under Peder Severin Krøyer in the year 1899–1900. He was a student of Kristian Zahrtmann at Copenhagen in February 1900. He trained under Johan Nordhagen from 1900 to 1905 and was a pupil of Erik Werenskiold from 1902 to 1903. He was also a student of Harriet Backer. His debut was at the Høstutstillingen in Oslo during 1898. Among his paintings at the National Gallery of Norway are Skraphandel i Vaterland from 1903, and Fra Tvedestrand from 1919. He was responsible for the presentation of elder Norwegian art at the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner in Kristiania. The presentation of painters such as Lars Hertervig, Mathias Stoltenberg, Peder Balke and Johannes Flintoe gave these artists a more prominent position in the history of Norwegian art.
Hans Ødegaard - Portrett av Otto Emil Johansen - Oslo Museum - OB.01820 (cropped)
Hans Ødegaard · Oslo Museum: accession number OB.01820
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Norderhov Municipality.
Birth place
Oslo.
Death place
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Hans Ødegaard, revision 1366086421 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,273 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Hans MakartArtist
- Hans Maler zu SchwazArtist
- Hans MemlingArtist
- Hans MuelichArtist
- Hans OldeArtist
- Hans OrlowskiArtist
- Hans Peter PawlikArtist
- Hans PleydenwurffArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Hans Ødegaard?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.