Rosemaling in the Style of Ole Heimvågsåsen (Online)
Class Details
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Schedule: Four Thursdays, February 5-26 (6-8:30 pm CT)
- Location: This was an online class hosted on Zoom.
- Instructor: Louise Bath
- Level of Instruction: Intermediate or Advanced
Description
Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag produced a wide variety of rosemaling painters and styles. In this class, Vesterheim Gold Medalist Louise Bath will focus on Ole Olsen Heimvågsåsen, who was a prolific and distinguished rosemaler. He lived in Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag, around 1800. He became known for reddish-brown painted cupboards with green rosemaling panels. He also painted trunks, usually blue with red bands. Perhaps he also made these pieces of furniture himself – in the census of 1801 he is listed as a carpenter and painter.
Heimvågsåsen had a distinctive style with tulips, roses, fruits, and small flowers in red, orange and white growing from urns, and vases or on swaying stems swinging up from a volute at the bottom left. A rhythmic multitude of black brushstrokes make up the foliage. He used small flower stencils throughout the painting and to surround the green panels. In an exhibition by the Snåsa Historielag in 1979, the majority of the rose-painted chests and cupboards were thought to have been painted by Ole Heimvågsåsen between 1790 and 1820. His style is elegant, flowing, and unique.
In this class we will paint a box showing the variety of flowers and foliage he used. A limited palette is used to create the variations in those flowers, and the foliage stands as black shadows tossed on playfully. Louise hopes students will enjoy this interpretation of the style of a unique Rosemaling Master.
Enrollment Deadline
This course is no longer open for registration. Check out our current and upcoming classes for other opportunities to join!
Rosemaling classes are supported in part by a generous gift to the Vesterheim Annual Fund from Susan and George Louthain and by the Wilma A. Anderson Endowment.