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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Olle Emanuel Nordmark (May 25, 1890—December 18, 1973) was a Swedish painter and muralist born in Nordanholen at Mockfjärd parish. He started to draw and paint at an early age. In the beginning he was taught by his father, but in 1901 he came in contact with Gustaf Ankarcrona in Leksand who taught him the basics. At the age of 15, he had decided that he is going to become an artist. He continued his studies at Althin's School of Painting in Stockholm where he trained in fresco painting.After his studies Nordmark worked with mural- and decorative paintings for private homes and churches in Sweden. While working his interest towards theatrical scenery started to grow. In 1917 he traveled to Moscow to study theatrical scenery. The next year he returned to Stockholm, where he started to work with theatrical sceneries and drawings for costumes. He worked for among others theatres like the Södra Teatern, the Stora Teatern, the Folkan, the Oscars Teatern and the Royal Swedish Opera.Nordmark stayed in Stockholm until 1924. Mean while he became a very well known and appreciated designer of theatrical sceneries. His works were very imaginative, beautiful and colorful. Nordmark worked also with Karl Gerhard on sets for 22 productions. During his time in Stockholm he worked also as the head of Grabowska a decorative painting workshop at Karlavägen and arranged a number of displays in the news-office window of Svenska Dagbladet for among others Barnängen and Finbruken.He decorate also several churches like Engelbrektskyrkan, Saltsjöbadskyrkan, churches in Borås and Karlskrona and the wedding hall in Stockholm Court House. In 1924 Nordmark participated for free in the restoration of the church in Mockfjärd, because of his love for his homestead. The same year he started to paint a portrait of Gädd Lars, which he finished in America and then donated to the church in Mockfjärd.To acquire more knowledge within his field, he made several study trips on the European continent to for example France, Germany, Italy, and Russia. In 1924 he emigrated to America in search for a broader working field than what Sweden could offer him. He lived there until 1964 when he moved to France. In America leading Broadway theater directors noticed him immediately and he worked in some sets for productions. Mostly he worked though with mural paintings for private commission in New York. Known decorations made by him are among others the American Swedish Historical Museum and the John Ericsson Room in the John Morton Memorial Building in Philadelphia, narthex ceiling of the First Swedish Baptist Church of New York and the Swedish Room at the University of Pittsburgh.Nordmark also participated in several exhibitions, including one at the Brooklyn Museum in the year 1932 and another at the Delphic Studios in New York. He wrote also the books Modern Methods and Techniques for Painting in Fresco and Secco (1947) and Course in Beginning Oil Painting (1960).Nordmark died at the end of 1973 in France.. }

• Olle_Nordmark abstract "Olle Emanuel Nordmark (May 25, 1890—December 18, 1973) was a Swedish painter and muralist born in Nordanholen at Mockfjärd parish. He started to draw and paint at an early age. In the beginning he was taught by his father, but in 1901 he came in contact with Gustaf Ankarcrona in Leksand who taught him the basics. At the age of 15, he had decided that he is going to become an artist. He continued his studies at Althin's School of Painting in Stockholm where he trained in fresco painting.After his studies Nordmark worked with mural- and decorative paintings for private homes and churches in Sweden. While working his interest towards theatrical scenery started to grow. In 1917 he traveled to Moscow to study theatrical scenery. The next year he returned to Stockholm, where he started to work with theatrical sceneries and drawings for costumes. He worked for among others theatres like the Södra Teatern, the Stora Teatern, the Folkan, the Oscars Teatern and the Royal Swedish Opera.Nordmark stayed in Stockholm until 1924. Mean while he became a very well known and appreciated designer of theatrical sceneries. His works were very imaginative, beautiful and colorful. Nordmark worked also with Karl Gerhard on sets for 22 productions. During his time in Stockholm he worked also as the head of Grabowska a decorative painting workshop at Karlavägen and arranged a number of displays in the news-office window of Svenska Dagbladet for among others Barnängen and Finbruken.He decorate also several churches like Engelbrektskyrkan, Saltsjöbadskyrkan, churches in Borås and Karlskrona and the wedding hall in Stockholm Court House. In 1924 Nordmark participated for free in the restoration of the church in Mockfjärd, because of his love for his homestead. The same year he started to paint a portrait of Gädd Lars, which he finished in America and then donated to the church in Mockfjärd.To acquire more knowledge within his field, he made several study trips on the European continent to for example France, Germany, Italy, and Russia. In 1924 he emigrated to America in search for a broader working field than what Sweden could offer him. He lived there until 1964 when he moved to France. In America leading Broadway theater directors noticed him immediately and he worked in some sets for productions. Mostly he worked though with mural paintings for private commission in New York. Known decorations made by him are among others the American Swedish Historical Museum and the John Ericsson Room in the John Morton Memorial Building in Philadelphia, narthex ceiling of the First Swedish Baptist Church of New York and the Swedish Room at the University of Pittsburgh.Nordmark also participated in several exhibitions, including one at the Brooklyn Museum in the year 1932 and another at the Delphic Studios in New York. He wrote also the books Modern Methods and Techniques for Painting in Fresco and Secco (1947) and Course in Beginning Oil Painting (1960).Nordmark died at the end of 1973 in France.".