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| - | '''Theodor Severin Kittelsen''' ([[April 27]], [[1857]] – [[January 21]], [[1914]]) was a [[Norwegian artist]] born in the coastal [[town]] of [[Kragerø]] in [[Norway]]. He is famous for his [[nature painting]]s, as well as for his [[illustration]]s of [[fairy tale]]s and [[legend]]s, especially of [[troll]]s. | ||
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| - | For a time, Kittelsen studied painting and watchmaking. When his talent was discovered by [[Diderich Maria Aall]], he attended classes at the School of Art in [[Christiania]] (the present [[Oslo]]). | ||
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| - | Because of generous financial support by Aall he was able to continue his study in [[Munich]]. However, in 1879 Diderich Aall could no longer manage to support him, so Kittelsen had to earn his money as a draughtsman for German papers and magazines. When back in Norway, he found nature to be a great inspiration. Kittelsen started to write texts to his drawings here. | ||
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| - | In 1881, Kittelsen was hired to illustrate Norwegian fairy-tales by the Norwegian folklore collector [[Peter Christen Asbjørnsen]]. | ||
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| - | His style could be classified between (Neo-)[[Romanticism|Romantic]] and naive painting. As a national artist he is highly respected and well known in Norway, but doesn't receive much international attention, which is the reason that his name is hardly registered in registers of painters. | ||
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| - | [[Black metal]] bands such as [[Burzum]] have used nearly all of his pictures as album art, notably illustrations taken from Kittelsen's book ''Svartedauen'' ([[The Black Death]]). | ||
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| - | == Bibliography == | ||
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| - | Books illustrated by Theodor Kittelsen | ||
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| - | * Fra Livet i de smaa Forholde I-II (1889-1890) | ||
| - | * Fra Lofoten I-II (1890-1891) | ||
| - | * Troldskab (1892) | ||
| - | * Glemmebogen (1892) | ||
| - | * "Har dyrene Sjæl?" (1894) | ||
| - | * Kludesamleren (1894) | ||
| - | * Im Thierstaate (1896) | ||
| - | * Ordsprog (1898) | ||
| - | * Svartedauen (1900) | ||
| - | * Billeder og Ord (1901) | ||
| - | * Folk og trold. Minder og drømme (1911) | ||
| - | * Soria Moria slot (1911) | ||
| - | * Løgn og forbandet digt (1912) | ||
| - | * "Heimskringla" (1914) | ||
| + | A '''troll''' is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from [[Norse mythology]]. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of [[giant (mythology)|giants]], although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants – similar to the [[ogre]]s of [[England]] (also called Trolls at times, see [[Troller's Gill]]) – to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. In the [[Faroe islands]], [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] tales, trolls are called [[Trow (folklore)|trows]], adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by [[Vikings]]. | ||
| + | Nordic literature, art and music from the [[romanticism|romantic era]] and onwards has adapted trolls in various manners – often in the form of an aboriginal race, endowed with oversized ears and noses. From here, as well as from Scandinavian fairy tales such as [[Three Billy Goats Gruff]], trolls have achieved international recognition, and in modern [[fantasy]] literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being [[stock characters]]. | ||
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A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giants, although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants – similar to the ogres of England (also called Trolls at times, see Troller's Gill) – to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. In the Faroe islands, Orkney and Shetland tales, trolls are called trows, adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by Vikings.
Nordic literature, art and music from the romantic era and onwards has adapted trolls in various manners – often in the form of an aboriginal race, endowed with oversized ears and noses. From here, as well as from Scandinavian fairy tales such as Three Billy Goats Gruff, trolls have achieved international recognition, and in modern fantasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock characters.
