Storstein, Aage; Landscape at Holmsbu, 1963

Born in Stavanger in 1900, Aage lived most of his life in Norway, but took up study in Paris in the 1920s, where he absorbed the influence of modernist painting. Here he developed a distinctive style of cubism and went on to show at the 1937 ‘Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne’ in Paris. In 1938 he won a competition to design the West Gallery in Oslo City Hall, filling the walls with a set of cubist murals depicting Norwegian life, history and mythology. In 1946 he began teaching at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts where he became head professor. His work can be found in major collections including the Oslo National Gallery and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

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