10 Facts About Thorvald Hellesen

Thorvald Hellesen was a Norwegian abstract artist, designer and painter, recognized as a pioneering Cubist in Norway.

Thorvald Hellesen's art was associated with the Orphic Cubism movement and early non-figurative art.

Thorvald Hellesen was born in Kristiania, Norway.

Thorvald Hellesen was the son of Thorvald Hellesen, a barrister at the Supreme Court, and Ida Selmer, the daughter of Prime Minister Christian Selmer.

Thorvald Hellesen passed the Examen artium, but spent a year at the Norwegian Military Academy before deciding to become an artist.

Thorvald Hellesen then enrolled at the newly created Oslo National Academy of the Arts, where he studied with Christian Krohg.

From 1920, Thorvald Hellesen attended exhibitions in the Salon des Independants and the Galerie la Boetie in Paris.

Thorvald Hellesen would remain in Paris for the next two decades, with occasional visits to Norway and Denmark.

Thorvald Hellesen had held only one exhibition of his works at home in 1919; choosing to exhibit mostly with the Salon des independants and the Section d'Or.

Thorvald Hellesen appears to have exhibited very little after a major showing of avant-garde art in 1925.