1. Ross Kolby's paintings are often political and reference classical art, historical events and debate contemporary topics.
10 Facts About Ross Kolby
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Ross Kolby's paintings have been donated to Norway's Crown Regalia Museum, Norway's Resistance Museum, Royal Norwegian Navy Museum as well as to the Royal Albert Hall.
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Ross Kolby has published two novels, a fantasy story about the 12-year-old English boy Will O'Phillie and a historical drama from the witch processes in Northern Norway in the 1600s.
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Ross Kolby is educated at Asker kunstfagskole, Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.
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Ross Kolby lived and worked in Copenhagen from 1999 to 2004, but has since then been located in Oslo.
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Ross Kolby has several times used popes as symbols in his paintings.
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Ross Kolby received death threats when he was about to exhibit his historical motif The murder of Pope John Paul I in 1997 and withdrew the artwork from the show.
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Ross Kolby painted Harald V, Olav V and Haakon VII in a triple portrait with the title The Kings of the Liberation.
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Ross Kolby painted the King's and Queen's crowns in a motif with elements symbolizing Norwegian history.
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Ross Kolby received death threats in 1997 when about to exhibit his historical painting The murder of Pope John Paul I in Oslo and withdrew the painting from the show.