N131SL - Boeing 737-8 Max 'Theodor Kittelsen'
N131SL 'Theodor Kittelsen' departing Norwich Int. Airport (NWI) for Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), Sweden.
Flight number OMD108, flight time2 hr. 14 min.
Theodor Severin Kittelsen (27th. April 1857 to 21st. January 1914) was one of the most popular artists in Norway, famous for his nature paintings and illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
He was born in the coastal town of Kragerø in Grenland, Norway. His father died when he was young, leaving a wife and eight children in difficult circumstances. Theodor was only 11 years old when he was apprenticed to a watchmaker. When at the age of 17 his talent was discovered by Diderich Maria Aall, he became a pupil at Wilhelm von Hannos drawing school in Christiania, now Oslo. Because of generous financial support by Aall he later studied in Munich. However, in 1879 Diderich Aall could no longer manage to support him, so Kittelsen had to earn his money as a draftsman for German newspapers and magazines.
In 1882 Kittelsen was granted a state scholarship to study in Paris. In 1887 he returned to Norway for good. When back in Norway, he found nature to be a great inspiration. He spent the next two years in Lofoten where he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at Skomvær Lighthouse. Kittelsen also started to write texts to his drawings there.
Kittelsen and his family settled in a home and artist studio which he called Lauvlia at Sigdal, north of Prestfoss during 1899, he spent his best artistic years here. During this period, Kittelsen was hired to illustrate Norske Folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales) by the Norwegian folklore collector Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. In 1908 he was made Knight of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. However, he was forced to sell and leave Lauvlia in 1910 due to failing health. Kittelsen was granted an artist’s stipend in 1911.
He died, aged 57, at Jeløya, Østfold in 1914. After his death, his widow Inga Kittelsen was granted an annual salary from the Storting, the supreme legislature of Norway.
N131SL - Boeing 737-8 Max 'Theodor Kittelsen'
N131SL 'Theodor Kittelsen' departing Norwich Int. Airport (NWI) for Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), Sweden.
Flight number OMD108, flight time2 hr. 14 min.
Theodor Severin Kittelsen (27th. April 1857 to 21st. January 1914) was one of the most popular artists in Norway, famous for his nature paintings and illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
He was born in the coastal town of Kragerø in Grenland, Norway. His father died when he was young, leaving a wife and eight children in difficult circumstances. Theodor was only 11 years old when he was apprenticed to a watchmaker. When at the age of 17 his talent was discovered by Diderich Maria Aall, he became a pupil at Wilhelm von Hannos drawing school in Christiania, now Oslo. Because of generous financial support by Aall he later studied in Munich. However, in 1879 Diderich Aall could no longer manage to support him, so Kittelsen had to earn his money as a draftsman for German newspapers and magazines.
In 1882 Kittelsen was granted a state scholarship to study in Paris. In 1887 he returned to Norway for good. When back in Norway, he found nature to be a great inspiration. He spent the next two years in Lofoten where he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at Skomvær Lighthouse. Kittelsen also started to write texts to his drawings there.
Kittelsen and his family settled in a home and artist studio which he called Lauvlia at Sigdal, north of Prestfoss during 1899, he spent his best artistic years here. During this period, Kittelsen was hired to illustrate Norske Folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales) by the Norwegian folklore collector Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. In 1908 he was made Knight of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. However, he was forced to sell and leave Lauvlia in 1910 due to failing health. Kittelsen was granted an artist’s stipend in 1911.
He died, aged 57, at Jeløya, Østfold in 1914. After his death, his widow Inga Kittelsen was granted an annual salary from the Storting, the supreme legislature of Norway.