Ragnhild Keyser

Ragnhild Keyser
Born 12 December 1889
Died 12 October 1943
Nationality Norway

Ragnhild Keyser (1889-1943) was a Norwegian painter.

Armour, 1926

Ragnhild Keyser was one of the Nordic painting's foremost abstract painters in the 1920s. She first studied under Harriet Backer, and later with Pola Gauguin.[1] She moved to Paris during the years 1920-1935. She became inspired by Cubism, and was influenced by André Lhote and Fernand Léger. She performed her most important works there during the years 1925-1927.[2]

Her painting Armour is in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.

References

  1. Collection of the Societé Anonyme: Museum of Modern Art 1920, by Yale University Art Gallery, 1950
  2. "Ragnhild Keyser, Rustning". Nasjonalmuseet. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
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