Odd Nerdrum

Odd Nerdrum is a Norwegian figurative painter who was born in Sweden; his work is held by museums worldwide. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative. Primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of Norway. Nerdrum creates six to eight paintings a year. They include still life paintings of small, everyday objects, portraits and self-portraits, and large paintings allegorical and apocalyptic in nature. The figures in Nerdrum's paintings are often dressed as if from another time and place.

8 April 1944

Born on the same birth date (8 April 1944): Hywel Bennett

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Adrian Boult • Ahmet Piriştina • Alexi Laiho • Anna Korakaki • August Wilhelm von Hofmann • Carlos Deltour • Cedi Osman • Daigo (musician) • Dionysios Solomos • Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431) • Izzy Stradlin • James Lockhart (historian) • Jang Yong • John Thomas Campbell • Miller Farr • Philip IV of Spain • Tracy Grammer

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