Henrik Hagtvedt

Henrik Hagtvedt is a Norwegian visual artist (born January 6, 1971 in Sandefjord, Norway) working predominantly with acrylics and oils, as well as with sculpture, graphics, and other media. In the years following his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, his work had a rapid rise to fame and was exhibited in a number of galleries in both Europe and Asia, ranging from the Museo Montelupo in Italy to the Cultural Foundation (national gallery) in the United Arab Emirates. Although he has painted in a variety of styles, from abstract to photo-realism, Henrik Hagtvedt is most famous for a thickly textured and highly expressive style which gained him a great deal of critical acclaim and media attention early in his career. It was presumably this style that earned him the nickname “The Northern Light”, first given to him in Italy. However, little time elapsed before Hagtvedt began declining exhibitions and distancing himself from the contemporary art scene, thus disappearing somewhat enigmatically from both the public eye and from mainstream art institutions, almost as suddenly as he had appeared upon the scene some years earlier.

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*Chandran, Sudha (1999) "A Brush With Reality" Panorama (p. 20-21) (April 30 - May 6)
*Centi, Patrizia (1996) "L'Arte Secondo Pablo Picasso Nella Mostra di Hagtvedt" La Nazione (April)
*Saran, Pracheer (1999) "Norwegian Art Show in Dubai" The Gulf Today (April 26)
*Amendolara, Marco (2001) "Tinture disumane. Arte mista ad altro" Tesauro, Le Maschere