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): Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma • CeeDee Lamb • Edward Mulhare • Elton John (footballer) • Frédéric Back • John Hicks • Lewis Morris • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Maria Maksakova Sr. • Robin Wright • Royston Drenthe • Saygrace

Born in the same month (April 1944): Alice Waters • Bob McDill • Cuba Gooding Sr. • Dave Edmunds • Francis Lee (footballer) • Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg • Herb Pedersen • Hywel Bennett • Jean-François Stévenin • John Kay (musician) • John Milius • Jon Bing • Kathy Acker • Len Goodman • Pedro Rosselló • Peter Cresswell (judge) • Philip Jackson (sculptor) • Shel Bachrach • Stephen Nickell • Tony Orlando • Willeke van Ammelrooy