Jørleif Uthaug

Jørleif Uthaug studied at Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts and Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Oslo. Works named in the authority record are Amphitrite, the wave and the sea birds.

• Name — Jørleif Uthaug • Born — 3 August 1911 • Birthplace — Brekstad, Norway • Died — 25 August 1990 • Occupation — Illustrator, painter, sculptor

He was born at Brekstad in Ørland Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of Daniel Meier Uthaug (1886–1977) and Anne Johanne Grande (1890–1962). He taught at Trondhjem Technical College (1932), at Stabell's School of Design (1934–1935) and at Trondhjem Technical Middle School (1936). He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts under Per Krohg and Axel Revold (1941–43), then under Jean Heiberg (1945–1947). He made his debut as an artist in 1948 at the Trondheim Art Association. He had his first solo exhibition in 1949 at Galleri Per in Oslo. He studied metallurgy and welding at the Swedish Institute of Technology (1960–1961).

He was married twice. First with Ingeborg Aaberg, the marriage dissolved in 1950. In 1950 with Guri Eve Christopherson (1923-2010). He was a father of author, translator and literary critic Geir Uthaug (born 1950). He died during 1990 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.

• People on the shore - Fylkestingssalen in Tromsø (1961) • Amphitrite, the wave and the sea birds - Strandpromenaden in Porsgrunn (1985) • Hellebard - Lambertseter in Oslo (1983)

Jørleif Uthaug is recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded as sculptor, painter, illustrator and artist. (Composite of Sheets 1-9) SAS The Global Airline.