Odd Nerdrum

Born

1944-04-08

Birthplace

Helsingborg, Sweden

Biography

Odd Nerdrum is a controversial Norwegian figurative painter whose work is held by museums worldwide. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative. Primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his native Norway.