- Dyre Vaa
Dyre Vaa (19 January 1903 – 11 May 1980) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter. He was born in
Kviteseid ,Telemark , and later lived and worked inRauland . He was the younger brother of lyricistAslaug Vaa .Education
Vaa studied at Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole, and at Statens Kunstakademi in
Oslo from 1922-23, under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and later travelled to Spain, Greece and Italy for studies. His first important work was a portrait of Minister of EducationIvar Peterson Tveiten (1925, bronze,National Gallery of Norway ).Works
Among his works are his Holberg sculpture outside
Nationaltheatret in Oslo, unveiled the darkest day of Europe, when German troops invaded Poland 1 September 1939. [http://www.hovedstaden.info/news.asp?articleID=96 Holbergstatuen: Avduket på Europas mørkeste dag] "www.hovedstaden.no" (Retrieved on 22 September 2008) no icon] Further four bronze sculptures with motives from Norwegian fairy tales at Ankerbrua ("Peer Gynt", "Veslefrikk med fela", "Kari Trestakk" and "Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon"), and bronze wolfs at Ila (1930). Vaa contributed to the decoration ofOslo City Hall , [http://www.radhusets-forvaltningstjeneste.oslo.kommune.no/oslo_city_hall/the_city_hall/ The City Hall] (Retrieved on 23 September 2008)] with the swan fontain in the courtyard (1948-1950). He has made portrayal sculptures of several writers,Henrik Ibsen (1958,Skien ),Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1968),Ivar Aasen , andOlav Aukrust (1955, Lom), the fiddle playerMyllarguten (Arabygdi, Rauland), sculptural work at theNidaros Cathedral inTrondheim , severalWorld War II memorials (Rjukan 1946,Nordfjord 1947,Porsgrunn 1950,Gjerpen 1954), and is represented at theNational Gallery of Norway .Museum
A museum, the "Dyre Vaa collections", opened 1981 in
Rauland ,Vinje . [http://www.vest-telemark.museum.no/article/archive/33/ Dyre Vaa samlingane] "Vest-Telemark museum" (Retrieved on 23 September 2008) no icon] [http://en.visittelemark.com/se_og_gjoere/attraksjoner/museums/(details)/1?&TLl=en&TLdb=11,35,73,74,75,78,97,313,314,328&TLco=no&TLcc=11000043&TLdc=116&TLll=20&TLp=154232 Rauland Kunstmuseum - Dyre Vaa and Skinnarland collections] (Retrieved on 23 September 2008)] Here are bronze sculptures and many of his gypsum figures, drawings and sketches.Family
The poet
Aslaug Vaa was an elder sister of Dyre, and the writerTarjei Vesaas and composerEivind Groven were his second cousins. Dyre Vaa's wife, Thora, was daughter of writerJohan Bojer , and she was the model he used most. Their son Tor is also a sculptor.Vaa has served as chairman of "Norsk Billedhoggerforening".
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