Per Fronth

Per Fronth
Born Per Fronth Nygaard
(1963-11-24)November 24, 1963
Kristiansand, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Area(s) visual artist

Per Fronth (formerly named Per Fronth Nygaard, born 24 November 1963 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian painter and photographer. Fronth is working with photography as his raw material. Then he creates and digests the photographs as a painter. The themes he shows in his photographs, are emerging as a component in the understanding of his works. Fronth is mainly dealing with large formats. Particularly in recent years he has concentrated on monumental commissions. Fronth has lived for extended periods of his life in New York City, where he also has sold many of his pictures.

His works are in permanent collections, such as the French Biblioteque Nationale in Paris, the Norwegian Sørlandets Art Museum as well as in numerous public collections, such as the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), Ekebergrestauranten and MGM Grand Las Vegas in the US.

In 2009 he was selected to create the diploma for the Nobel Peace Prize that later the same the year was awarded to US President Barack Obama. Fronth is the first photographic artist who has had this task.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Per Fronth blir Nobel-kunstner Norwegian broadcasting corporation 12 November 2009 (Norwegian)

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