Theodor Severin Kittelsen
1857-1914 Norway/Illustrator
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Brief Biography-Theodor Severin Kittelsen was born in Kragerø, Norway in 1857. He studied drawing in Oslo and Munich after 1874, and from 1882 he lived in Paris for five years. Then, finally set up a studio near Prestfoss, Norway, where he married and settled. Folklore collectors commissioned him to do illustrations for folktales, for which he eventually received the knighthood of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav in 1908. His original home in Kragerø is now a museum. |
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