Johannes "Johs" Rian (17 May 1891 – 10 December 1981) was a Norwegian painter.
Johs Rian was born in Overhalla Municipality in Nordre Trondheim, Norway. He was a son of farmers Peter Rian (1856–1934) and Elen Blengslien (1864–1952). He also worked at the family farm, but left this career in 1927 to pursue painting.[1] He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1928 to 1930 under Axel Revold. He was also inspired by Henrik Sørensen,[2] and Revold's teacher Henri Matisse. In 1936 he married his secretary Ellen Gjønnæs (1903–1961).[1] In 1950, Rian was provided with a Thomas Fearnley Memorial Scholarship and traveled to the south of France.[3]
Rian exhibited at the contemporary art gallery Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo several times between 1930 and 1957, and also at the São Paulo Biennal in 1967/68. From 1960 he mainly exhibited at Galleri Haaken in Oslo. He also started painting nonfigurative art.[1] The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art owns eight of his paintings.[2] He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1978 and died in 1981 at Oslo.[1][4][5]
Selected works
edit- Pike med katt, 1932
- Lekselesing, 1946
- Dame med sort katt, 1946
- Côte d'Azur, 1950
- Rødt interiør, 1950
- Damen med celloen, 1950
- Blått atelier, 1953
- Nonnespeilet, 1961
- Dekorasjon, 1966
- Former på blå bunn, 1967
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hurum, Vibeke. "Johs Rian". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Johannes Rian". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ Sigurd Willoch. "Thomas Fearnley, maler". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ "Kunstnerforbundet". Kunstnerforbundet. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ "Johs. Rian". Galleri Haaken. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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