Viking Star Art Collection

THE RESTAURANT | DECK 2

THE RESTAURANT | DECK 2 INGER SITTER 1929–2015 x NORWAY x OIL ON CANVAS Inger Sitter was one of Norway’s most famous and significant artists. At the age of 13, she made her debut at the Trondheim Art Association. At 18 she exhibited at the prestigious Autumn Exhibition in Oslo, and the following year she had her first solo exhibition in the capital. Sitter is known for her passionate engagement in the Norwegian art scene, and she stood on the barricades for both artists’ rights and the fight for non-figurative painting in a national conservative, figurative and romantic Norwegian post-war art scene. Sitter’s work is characterized by its raw and immediate expression, with connections to a lyrical, nature-based abstract expressionism. Her fascination with rocks and stones form a continuous backdrop in her subject matter. Sitter became the country’s first female head professor at the Art Academy in 1981, and was one of the driving forces for the creation of the Arts Council and the council for art in public spaces. 40 UNTITLED | 1985

THE RESTAURANT | DECK 2 OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN 1954 x NORWAY x ETCHING Olav Christopher Jenssen is considered one of the most important living artists in Norway, and has a significant international career. He lives and works in Berlin, and has been a professor of painting since 1996, first at the Hochschule of Fine Arts in Hamburg, and since 2007, at the Hochschule of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. His artistic development can be described as complex, moving back and forth between figurative compositions and moodcharged landscapes, surreal imagery and abstract paintings. Jenssen works with drawing, monotype, dry point and painting, and alternates between heavy, expressive gestures performed on large canvases, almost invisible scribblings, and smeared, cracked wooden panels. His expression is strong and simple, and his work has a delicate, almost weightless character. U.T | YEAR UNKNOWN 41