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January 21, 2019

January 21, 1914


Theodor Kittelsen (April 27, 1857 to January 21, 1914) was one of the artists who illustrated the famous Nordic masterpiece, Peer Gynt. Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, a revitalization of old folk stories was first published in 1867. The illustration below was for an 1891 edition.

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There is a biography of this artist here.







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