Jørgen Dobloug
Jørgen Dobloug (23 April 1945 – 16 January 2018) was a Norwegian artist based in Düsseldorf and Oslo. He studied at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, Switzerland (1969) in the class of Armin Hofmann and Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (1971 – 84), in the classes of Professor Joseph Beuys, Daniel Hees and Franz Eggenschwiler. Dobloug is an important Norwegian artist, who left Norway and what be believed to be a rigid educational system for performing arts, to find his own way.
Jørgen Dobloug
- Name
- Jørgen Dobloug
- Born
- 23 April 1945
- Place of death
- Oslo, Norway
- Died
- 16 January 2018
- Elected
- Tutor of the former Beuys class, member of the student parliament and delegate to the Senate, the highest-ranking organ of the academy (1973)
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- painter
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Jørgen Dobloug (23 April 1945 – 16 January 2018) was a Norwegian artist based in Düsseldorf and Oslo. He studied at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, Switzerland (1969) in the class of Armin Hofmann and Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (1971 – 84), in the classes of Professor Joseph Beuys, Daniel Hees and Franz Eggenschwiler. Dobloug is an important Norwegian artist, who left Norway and what be believed to be a rigid educational system for performing arts, to find his own way.
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Dobloug’s works have been shown in a large number of exhibitions, in Norway and abroad. His works are mainly acrylic paintings displaying either abstract motifs or heads/faces. They are humorous, partly with contradictory elements in respect of both motif, composition and colours. The works span from strict geometric paintings including grid-patterns, to playful paintings executed with a rough, almost expressive, brush. There is furthermore conceptual side to Dobloug’s project. His works are part of international art collections as Nasjonalmuseet, Museum Kunstpalast, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Svensk Konstfond, Tangen-Samlingen, Telenor Art Collection, Storebrand Art Collection, Christian Bjellands kunstsamling or the art collection of NSB. Dobloug was granted the Norwegian Government Grant for Artists from 1995.
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• Name — Jørgen Dobloug • Born — 23 April 1945 • Children — Tim Simon Tilgner • Place of death — Oslo, Norway • Died — 16 January 2018 • Resting Place — Lillehammer, Norway • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Website — http: www.jorgendobloug.no • Elected — Tutor of the former Beuys class, member of the student parliament and delegate to the Senate, the highest-ranking organ of the academy (1973)
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