Jakob Weidemann (1923 –2001) was a
Norwegian artist. Jakob Weidemann is regarded as one of Norway's more
important artists of post-war Modernism. Weidemann's work Storfuglen
letter (1959) was selected as one of the twelve most important Norwegian
artworks by Morgenbladet.
His first solo exhibition was at Paus
Knudsens Kunsthandel in 1942. Weidemann joined the Norwegian resistance
movement during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, was arrested
but escaped to Sweden in 1944. While there he was the victim of an
accident in which an explosive charge blew up in such a way that he was
blinded. He regained his sight, but then only in the left eye. The
experience of being blind may have been decisive for the direction his
art was later to take – towards an explosion of color and light
Weidemann
is considered to have been become one of the more influential artists
within Norwegian modernism in the 1950s. After some experimentation with
different styles in the 1940s and 1950, Weidemann finally settled in
what can be called expressive, lyrically abstract art. Abstract
expressionism with nature as inspiration and basis became characteristic
of work by Weidemann.Wikipedia
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