Sunday, March 28, 2021

15 Works, Today, March 27th. is artist Per Aass Deberitz's day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #85

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Sommer, Justoya/ Summer, Justoya , c. 1917
Oil on canvas
86 x 98 cm. (33.9 x 38.6 in.)
Private collection

Justøya or Justøy is an island in Lillesand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The name comes from Old Norse word Jóstr.

Per Aass Deberitz (also Peder Deberitz, 27 March 1880 – 14 October 1945) was a Norwegian painter. He was regarded as a neo-impressionist and was also a pupil of Henri Matisse during the years of his stay in Paris from 1909 to 1910.

Per Deberitz
Fra Seinen i Paris/ From the Seine in Paris, c. 1924
Oil on canvas
36x44,5cm 
Private collection

The name Seine comes from Gaullish Sēquana, from the Celtic Gallo-Roman goddess of the river, offerings for her were found at the source.

The Seine is a 775-kilometre-long river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering most of northern France. There are 37 bridges in Paris across the Seine. More on the Seine

Per Deberitz
Pont Neuf, Paris, c. 1924
Oil on board
37x46cm 
Private collection

The Pont Neuf ("New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city. More on The Pont Neuf

Per Deberitz
From Paris, c. 1924
Oil on canvas
38x45cm 
Private collection

Deberitz was born in Drøbak, Norway. When he was two years old, Deberitz's family moved to the village of Borre in Horten, Vestfold, where he grew up. The famed painter Edvard Munch, who had rented lodgings with the family during the summers of 1885 and 1886, lent painting materials to the boy and encouraged his artistic efforts.

From 1898 to 1899 Deberitz was a pupil at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Kristiania. In the summers of 1899 and 1900, he also had lessons from the romanticist painter Hans Gude at the latter's “Sølvkronen” villa in Horten. During the winters of 1903–1904 and 1906–1907 he was at Artists Studio School in Copenhagen.

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Arne Kavlis hustru i hagen på Rønnes/ Arne Kavli's wife in the garden at Rønnes, c. 1933
Oil on canvas
120 x 140 cm. (47.2 x 55.1 in.)
Private collection

Arne Kavli (27 May 1878 – 23 September 1970) was a Norwegian painter. He was married three times; in 1903 with Tulla Larsen (1869-1942); in 1911 with Hildur Mønniche (b. 1883) and in 1925 with Thony Drude Isachsen b. 1897). 

Rønnes is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Vikkilen bay, directly across the bay from the harbour of the town of Grimstad.

Per Deberitz
Portrait of Astri Welhaven
Oil on canvas
54x46cm
Private collection

Astri Welhaven Heiberg (December 14, 1881 – May 26, 1967) was a Norwegian painter, best known for her portraits of female nudes and landscapes. More on Astri Welhaven

In a period from 1906 to 1945, he placed three works with the National Art Exhibition (Høstutstillingen). Deberitz broke through at the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner with, among others, his work Badende gutter (Bathing Boys, 1914) (See below). 

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Bathing boys, c. 1914
Oil on canvas
81x72
Private collection

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Ung, c. 1914
Oil on canvas
98 x 76 cm. (38.6 x 29.9 in.)
Private collection

Deberitz's drawing style is grandiose. His statuary sense of form is shown in images such as Akt from 1928 (See below) and the peculiar Negro Girl (1927).

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Stående akt , c. 1928
Oil on canvas
100 x 74 cm. (39.4 x 29.1 in.)
Private collection

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Akt, c. 1914
Oil on canvas
83 x 102 cm
The National Gallery, Oslo

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Bathing boys, c. 1915
Oil on canvas
81x72
Private collection

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Kvinneakt/ Female nude
Oil on canvas
61 x 50 cm. (24 x 19.7 in.)
Private collection

His works include significant landscapes and are situated in a French modernist, neo-impressionist tradition. Deberitz was primarily among the proponents of the new French-oriented painting. He painted standing and sitting female acts  and portraits (See above).

Deberitz painted landscapes, lush summer archipelago motifs from Skåtøy (See below), in a rich and rich color. He is represented in the National Gallery in Oslo with eight landscapes and a couple of acts.

Skåtøy is the biggest island in the skerries outside the town of Kragerø, Norway. The island is partially wooded. It has only a small year round population. Skåtøy and Kragerø are popular holiday destinations among Norwegians.

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Fra Skåtøy/ From Skåtøy , c. 1930
Oil on canvas
59 x 84 cm. (23.2 x 33.1 in.)
Private collection

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Sommerlandskap fra Skåtøy ved Kragerø/ Summer landscape from Skåtøy by Kragerø
Oil on panel
37 x 46 cm. (14.6 x 18.1 in.)
Private collection

Per Deberitz (Norwegian, 1880–1945)
Klar høstdag ved Skåtøy/ Clear autumn day at Skåtøy
Oil on canvas
85 x 100 cm. (33.5 x 39.4 in.)
Private collection

He was a member of Bildende Kunstneres Styre from 1916 to 1925, and also served on the advisory board and procurement committee for Norway's National Gallery. His works have been exhibited in individual and collective exhibitions in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Austria, the USA and Belgium, as well as at larger art societies in Norway. During his lifetime, however, he mounted only two solo exhibitions, at Gallery Gauguin in Oslo (1929) and in Kunstnerforbundet (1931).

Deberitz died in Oslo. Some of his works are today in Norway's National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design as well as in the museums in Stavanger, Lillehammer, Drammen, Bergen, Finland's Ateneum and Sweden's Moderna Museet. He received the Order of the Polar Star in 1923. More on Per Aass Deberitz




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