Christian Backer-Owe

Christian Lauritz Backer-Owe (20 November 1924 – 2 February 2015) was a Norwegian artist and printmaker.

He was born in Trondheim, and made his exhibition debut at Trondheim Kunstforening in 1944 before attending the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1946 to 1948. He also studied under Fernand Léger in Paris in 1952.^[1]

Backer-Owe was first known as an autodidact jewel artist and miniature painter, later as a printmaker. In addition to his debut he had a separate exhibition at Kunstnerforbundet in 1978, and took part at Høstutstillingen in 1948,^[1][2] 1981, 1982 and 1984.^[3][4][5] His works have been bought by Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum and the Arts Council Norway.^[1]

He resided at Hosle in Bærum.^[6] In the 1960s he was a minor ballot candidate for the Socialist People's Party.^[7] He died in February 2015.^[1]

References

1. Opstad, Jan-Lauritz. "Christian Backer-Owe". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2. Ødbehr, Tordis (19 November 1999). "Stor kunstner i lite format". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). p. 22.
3. "Høstutstillingen: 22 kunstnere fra Asker og Bærum representert". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). 28 September 1981. p. 10.
4. "Høstutstillingen jubilerer: 21 kunstnere fra Asker og Bærum". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). 24 September 1982. p. 12.
5. "Høstutstillingen: 14 kunstnere fra Asker og Bærum representert". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). 26 September 1984. p. 3.
6. "Smykkekunstnere fra Bærum blant utstillerne på Hässelby slott". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). 30 September 1976. p. 2.
7. "Arkitekt Ole Bue fortsatt Bærum SF's førstekandidat". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). 7 June 1967. p. 3.