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Trondheim 1985/85
1985/86 was an intense, productive period, which included his first large exhibition in Trondhjem Art Society (now Trondheim Art Museum) in 1985. In the exhibition room he completed a portrait of Lars Tiller, a colleague Gullvåg admired and considered his greatest role model in Trondheim.
Central portraits:
Self-Portrait with Mallard (private owner)
Lars Tiller, triptych, 1985 (Trondheim Art Museum)
Lars Tiller on Horseback, 1985 (Purchased by the Norwegian government as a gift to Jugoslavia in 1987. It hangs in the Norwegian-Yugoslavian House in Belgrade.)
Trondheim 1990-95
In 1992 Gullvåg painted portraits of John Ugelstad, professor of chemistry and close friend. One triptych was purchased by the Art Museum of Northern Norway, a second is in the artist’s own collection.
In 1994 he received the commission from Dagbladet Newspaper to paint their editor Arve Solstad. The commission resulted in a large series of 12-15 portraits, exhibited in Gallery Dobloug the following year under the title 12 Attempts at an Editor Portrait.
Sentrale portretter:
Arve Solstad, 1994 (Dagbladet)
Arve Solstad, a larger series (Dr. Holm’s Hotell, Geilo)
Arve Solstad, (collection of the artist)
Rolv Wesenlund, diptych, 1995 (collection of the artist)
HÅKON GULLVÅG © / TEXTS BY DANIEL JOHANSEN AND EVA FURSETH / SITE BY KLIPP OG LIM
