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
37 cm (hight)
Edition
82 x 28 x 10 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
ATR18-04
65 cm (height)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
ATR18-09
25 x 24 x 30 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
ATR18-10
51 x 51 x 68 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
ATR18-06
54 x 84 x 72 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
ATR18-11
Courtesy of The National Museum
Courtesy of The National Museum
Courtesy of The National Museum
40,5 x 43,5 x 19 cm
Edition of 4 + 2 AP
ART18-05
37 cm (hight)
Edition of 8 + 2 AP
ATR18-07
30 x 37 x 34 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
ATR16-28
35 x 10 x 7,5 cm
Edition of 6
ATR16-02
Until 1993
34 x 20 x 15 cm
Edition of 6
ATR16-18
47 cm (height)
Edition of 6
ATR16-05
50 cm (height)
ATR16-12
38 cm (height)
Edition of 24
ATR16-08
32 x 20 x 21
Edition of 10 + 5 AP
ART18-08
Gallery Exhibitions
CV
April 13, 1925 - May 21, 2019
Education
1948 - 49
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Danmark
1944 - 46
National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
Solo exhibitions
2025
OSL Contemporary, Oslo, 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, Høvik, Norway
1989
Galleri Kampen, Oslo, Norway
1975
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1957
Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway
1952
Galleri Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions & International Fairs
2022
Ubestemt abstrakt følelse (Inconclusive Abstract Emotion), Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
2021
To You, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
2020
The Armory Show, New York, USA
2019
Only Mankind Makes Straight Lines, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo, Norway
2016
Skulptur i Pilane (Sculpture in Pilane), Pilane, Sweden
2012
dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany
1999
Norsk Skulpturbiennale (Norwegian Sculpture Biennial), Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
1986
Perler i norsk kunst, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1982
50-årene, et gjennombrudd (The 1950s – A Breakthrough), Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvik, Norway
1980
Perler i norsk kunst (Gems in Norwegian Art), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Nordic Sculpture Biennial, Norwegian Sculptors’ Association, Drammen Art Society, Norway
1979
15e Biennale Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Eastern Norway Exhibition (Østlandsutstillingen), Norway
Festival of North Norway, Harstad, Norway
1972
Norsk skulptur (Norwegian Sculpture), Nordjylland Art Museum, Aalborg, Denmark
1968
Gallery F 15, Jeløya, Norway
1966
Young Artists’ Society (Unge Kunstneres Samfunn), Oslo, Norway
1963
7th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
1959
4e Biennale Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
1957
Triennale di Milano, Italy
1956
Northern Norway Exhibition (Nord-norske kunstutstilling), Norway
(Participation: 1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1974–1975, 1977–1978)
1950
Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
(Participation: 1950, 1956, 1959, 1962–1969, 1972, 1976–1978)
Honors & Public Commissions
Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav
Public Artworks and Collections
Dans (Dance), monumental relief (destroyed in fire), Åsgården Hospital, Tromsø (polyester, 1963)
Torso, mid-sized sculpture, University of Oslo, Blindern (polyester, 1964)
B-moment, Haugesund Public Library (bronze, 1966)
Morfose II, monumental sculpture (Svenska Riksbyggen), residential area in Luleå, Sweden (bronze, 1968)
Spatiale, monumental sculpture, secondary school, Karasjok (bronze, 1969)
Bjørn Farmann Monument, monumental sculpture and fountain, Bjørn Farmann’s Square, Tønsberg (bronze, 1971)
Folkedans (Folk Dance), monumental relief, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås (pinewood, 1973)
Løk (Onion), monumental sculpture, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås (bronze, 1977)
Vekster (Growths), mid-sized sculpture, Alta Health Centre (bronze, 1980)
Brutt form (Broken Form), monumental sculpture, Furuset Centre, then moved to University of Oslo 1987, (bronze, 1983)
The National Museum
Henie Onstad Art Centre
Haugesund Art Gallery
Moss Art Gallery
The National Touring Exhibitions (Riksgalleriet)
The City of Oslo Art Collection
Arts Council Norway
Art in the Workplace (Kunst på Arbeidsplassen)
National Association Art in Schools (Landslaget Kunst i Skolen)
Grants, Travel and Residencies
Oslo City Artist Grant, 1973
Norwegian State Three-Year Working Grant, 1975
Norwegian State Guaranteed Income for Artists (from 1977)
Study trips to Paris, Florence, and Venice, 1949
New York, 1980
Egypt, 1983
Selection of Articles
Bulie, Kåre. ”Aldrende suksess” (Aging Success). D2. 24. januar, 2014.
Bjerke, Øivind Storm. ”Aase Texmon Rygh: mot uendelig” (Aase Texmon Rygh: Towards Eternity). Kunst pluss. Nr. 2 (2012): 4-15.
Brekke, Aase-Hilde. ”I øyeblikket: Aase Texmon Rygh” (In the Moment: Aase Texmon Rygh). Billedkunst. Nr. 4 (2012): 53. Hentet 12. februar, 2014, http://www.billedkunstmag.no/n...
”Noruega”. I VII Bienal de São Paulo : Fundacão bienal de S. Paulo : Catalogo. São Paulo: Museu de Arte Moderna, 1955.
Røed, Kjetil. ”En abstrakt dans”. Aftenposten K. Nr. 3 (2014): 64-73.
Scharrer, Eva. “Aase Texmon Rygh”. I Documenta 13 : das Begleitbuch / the guidebook : Katalog / catalog 3/3, 212-213. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2012.
Steihaug, Jon-Ove, ”Ingress til intervjuene av Haukeland og Texmon Rygh”. Publisert 7. januar, 1994. 12. februar, 2014, http://morgenbladet.no/1994/1_...
Torstensen, Mette Dybwad. ”Aase Texmon Rygh : Møbius Trippel (1968)”. Kunst. Nr. 3 (2013): 69.
Universitetet i Oslo, KUN1000 - Introduksjon til kunsthistorie. ”Brudt form.” Publisert 28. mars, 2012. 12. februar, 2014, https://wiki.uio.no/hf/ifikk/k...
”Aase Texmon Rygh”. Publisert 9. august, 2013. Hentet 12. februar 2014, fra https://wiki.uio.no/hf/ifikk/k...
”Torso”. Publisert 10. desember, 2013. Hentet 12. februar, 2014. https://wiki.uio.no/hf/ifikk/k...
Aamold, Svein. ”Aase Texmon Rygh”. I Norsk biografisk leksikon. 12. februar, 2014, http://nbl.snl.no/Aase_Texmon_...
“Aase Texmon Rygh.” Kunstforum International. Nr. 217 (2012): 140.
”Aase Texmon Rygh”. I Norsk Skulpturbiennale : 1999. 22-23. Oslo: Billedhoggerforeningen, Stenersenmuseet, 1999.
Selection of Books
Bjerke, Øivind Storm. Aase Texmon Rygh. Oslo: Grøndahl Dreyer, 1992. (Åpen tilgjengelig versjon: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011102705033)
Aase Texmon Rygh. Tønsberg: Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, 1998.
Aase Texmon Rygh. Oslo: Press, 2010.
Godø, Randi, red. Aase Texmon Rygh : modernisme for alltid! : modernism forever! Oslo: Nasjonalmuseeet for kunst, arkitektur og design, 2014.
Selected video
Nasjonalgalleriet, sesong 2014, vist 10.februar 2014 på NRK. 6. mars, 2014, http://tv.nrk.no/serie/nasjona...