Reidar Aulie Signed Woodcut 'The Celebrant'

Reidar Aulie
Norway 1904 - 1977

Colour Reduction Woodcut

Paper size: 40cm x 30cm approx.
Image size: 27cm x 20cm approx.

Condition: wear and tear to edges of paper.

As a young progressive and intellectual artist, Aulie sided with the labor movement within the national political struggle. Aulie paintings are full of symbolism and there is often room for several interpretations. Aulie was always concerned with the common man and portrayed him with great enthusiasm. In the 1930s he became an artist for the Socialist movement. In 1932 he participated in the Anti-War Conference in Amsterdam the same year and was chairman of the Anti-War Committee in Oslo and the surrounding area.

He became best known for the art produced during the Second World War. Aulie had a significant production in the years 1940-45, during periods spent hiding on a small farm owned by his in-laws in Eidsberg. Aulie's main production year was 1943 when he painted the important war pictures of subjects that would not be tolerated by German censorship. His notable work, entitled 9. april 1940, tells of the invasion which resulted in the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. In the winter of 1945, he was sent to Grini concentration camp.
In 1950 he painted Arbeiderbevegelsens historie, a fresco of the labor movement's history, in Oslo City Hall. His last two decades were marked by the teaching duties, first as professor from 1958 and later as rector from 1965 at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts. In 1964, he received the Swedish Prince Eugen Medal by the King of Sweden for outstanding artistic work.

Item shipped via Royal Mail '1st Class Signed For'
UK postage: £5
Artwork will be shipped wrapped in archival acid-free tissue paper, rolled in a sturdy postal tube.

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