1. Olle Emanuel Nordmark was a Swedish painter and muralist born in Nordanholen at Mockfjard parish.
31 Facts About Olle Nordmark
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Olle Nordmark was focused on an art career from an early age.
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At the age of 15, Olle Nordmark had decided that he was going to be an artist.
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Olle Nordmark continued his studies at Althin's School of Painting in Stockholm, where he trained in fresco painting.
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Olle Nordmark worked for, among others, theatres such as Sodra Teatern, Stora Teatern, the Folkan, the Oscars Teatern, and the Royal Swedish Opera.
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Olle Nordmark worked with Karl Gerhard on sets for 22 productions.
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Olle Nordmark arranged a number of displays in the news-office window of Svenska Dagbladet for clients such as Barnangen and Finbruken.
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Olle Nordmark decorated several churches, such as Engelbrektskyrkan, Saltsjobadskyrkan, churches in Boras and Karlskrona, and the wedding hall in Stockholm Court House.
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In 1924, Olle Nordmark provided helped restore the church in Mockfjard, contributing his work for free because of his love for his homestead.
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Olle Nordmark donated the painting to the church in Mockfjard.
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Olle Nordmark lived there until 1964 when he moved to France.
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Olle Nordmark participated in several exhibitions, including one at the Brooklyn Museum in 1932 and another at the Delphic Studios in New York.
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Olle Nordmark wrote the books Modern Methods and Techniques for Painting in Fresco and Secco and Course in Beginning Oil Painting.
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Olle Nordmark stayed for about six months with Nordmark studying fresco techniques.
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Biddle and Marsh employed Olle Nordmark to superintend their mural projects in the Post Office Department Building.
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Olle Nordmark was involved with the project from around August 1935 to early 1936.
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Olle Nordmark served later as a technical consultant for the Section of Fine Art and supervised mural paintings made by Native American artists.
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In 1937, Olle Nordmark joined Marsh in New York City for the Custom House murals.
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Olle Nordmark worked as a federal artist-in-residence in Pine Ridge Reservation in 1937, where Andrew Standing Soldier was studying under him.
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The Department of the Interiors's Bureau of Indian Affairs employed Olle Nordmark to teach fresco painting to Native Americans from 1938 to 1943.
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Olle Nordmark was working at the Indian Art Center, a program for outstanding students and teachers, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, from 1938 to 1940.
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Olle Nordmark replied that Nordmark taught only techniques and never dictated style, design or colors to his students.
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Olle Nordmark was probably teaching at the Phoenix Indian School from 1941 to 1943.
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Later, Jacobson and Olle Nordmark mentored together some Philbrook artists including Crumbo, Albin Jake and Jesse Edwin Davis II.
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Olle Nordmark worked as advisor or supervisor for many mural painting projects.
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Olle Nordmark donated 58 drawings and sketches to the local history society, Mockfjard Hembygdsforening, in 1958.
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In 1964, Olle Nordmark moved to Huningue, France, where he lived for the rest of his life.
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In 1916, Olle Nordmark got engaged to Ruth Granath, the daughter of a wealthy furnisher from Vasteras.
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Olle Nordmark had not been able to join her on the vacation, as he could not take off from work.
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Olle Nordmark later married a Finnish artist, Hilja Elonen.
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Olle Nordmark is known for his exquisitely beautiful colors, his original ideas and artistic taste.