KÃ¥re Tveter

Kåre Tveter ( born January 25, 1922 in Sør- Odal, † 21 March, 2012 Lillestrøm ) was a Norwegian painter.

Life

Tveter graduated from the national craft and Kunstindustri school ( SHKS ), Bjarne Engebrets painter School and from 1954 to 1957, the National Academy of Art. He painted numerous landscapes with a minimal use of color. In 1995 Tveter donated 40 works of the Foundation Kåre - Tveter collection in Longyearbyen on Svalbard, which are on permanent display at Galleri Svalbard.

Works in Public Space (Selection)

Kare Tveter is represented with his paintings in:

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
  • National Gallery, Oslo
  • Norwegian Council for Culture (Norsk Kulturråd ), Oslo
  • Lillehammer collection of paintings
  • Permanent Gallery Stavanger
  • Stockholm Public collections
  • Epcotcenter, Florida, USA
  • Grenen Museum, Denmark
  • Norwegian Parliament ( Storting )
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