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Hans Ødegaard
Hans
Ødegaard
was a
Norwegian
painter
. He was born in
Norderhov
. He
studied
painting and
drawing
with
Brynjulf Bergslien
,
Kristian Zahrtmann
and
Johan Nordhagen
. Among his paintings at the
National Gallery of Norway
are
Skraphandel i
Vaterland
from
1903
, and
Fra
Tvedestrand
from
1919
. He was
responsible
for the
presentation
of elder
Norwegian art
at the
1914 Jubilee Exhibition
at
Frogner
in
Kristiania
. The presentation of
painters
such as
Lars Hertervig
,
Mathias Stoltenberg
,
Peder Balke
and
Johannes Flintoe
gave these
artists
a more prominent position in the
history
of Norwegian
art
.