Nationality Norwegian Parents Olav Lofthus | Occupation Painter | |
Born 23 September 1881 ( 1881-09-23 ) Bergen, Norway Died 16 May 1962, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Arne Lofthus (23 September 1881 – 16 May 1962) was a Norwegian painter who settled in Denmark.
He was born in Bergen to newspaper editor Olav Lofthus and Valborg Henriette Wallem. Among his paintings are the frescos Pike som grer håret (1915), Else blåser såpebobler (1916), Oksestek (1924) and Blomkål og epler, all in the National Gallery of Norway. His portraits include oceanographer Bjørn Helland-Hansen, poet Nordahl Grieg, and painters Karl Madsen and Joakim Skovgaard. He died in Copenhagen in 1962.
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