Artists

Bio

Aase Texmon Rygh (1925-2019) is considered a pioneer of Norwegian Modernist sculpture. Her vision of a simplified, abstracted sculptural language was developed when naturalistic sculpture still dominated the field in Norway, and gained her recognition internationally. She has maintained her distinct expression throughout her career and has put her mark on Norway’s public spaces with monumental sculptures at sites such as the University of Oslo and the University of Ås; public squares in towns such as Karasjok, Svolvær, Tromsø and Tønsberg, as well as institutions such as the Henie Onstad Art Centre, Ekebergparken Sculpture Park and Trondheim Art Museum.

Aase Texmon Rygh

Selected Works

CV

April 13, 1925 - May 21, 2019

Education

1948 - 49

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

1944 - 46

National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo


Solo exhibitions (selected)

2022

Ubestemt abstrakt følelse, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Sandefjord, Norway

2019

OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2016

Female Forms, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2014

Modernism Forever, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

1992

Henie Onstad Art Centre, Hovik, Norway

1989

Galleri Kampen, Oslo, Norway

1957

Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway

1952

Galleri Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway


Group exhibitions (selected)

2020

The Armory Show, New York, USA

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2016

Skulptur i Pilane, Pilane, Sweden

2012

dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, Germany

1999

Norsk Skulpturbiennale: 1999, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway

1986

Perler i Norsk kunst, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

1982

50-årene, et gjennombrudd, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Hovik, Norway

1963

VII Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1957

4e Biennale Middelheim Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium

1950

Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway


Commissions (selected)

2000

Brudd, Oslo, Norway

1998

Möbius Triple, Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway

1983

Brutt form, Oslo, Norway

1978

Volta, Oslo, Norway

1977

Løk , Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

1971

Bjørn Farmann-monumentet, Tønsberg, Norway

1952

Spiral II, Tønsberg, Norway


Awards

Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav