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

Courtesy of The National Museum

Courtesy of The National Museum
Gallery Exhibitions
CV
April 13, 1925 - May 21, 2019
Education
1948 - 49
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
1944 - 46
National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2024
OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
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, Høvik, 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