“Sigurd Bergmann with exhibition in Ørsta”

“Sigurd Bergmann (50) opens an exhibition in Svendsen Garden on Thursday. Both graphics and watercolors are included in the exhibition. Sigurd Bergmann was born in Ørsta, but now lives in Oslo. He trained as a painter and graphic artist at art and craft schools in both Norway and Sweden.

Bergmann is characterized as an artist with a great need for insight and recognition. In addition to his art education, he has also studied art history at university. He has also made study trips to Sweden, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain.

Sigurd Bergmann has had a number of solo exhibitions around the country. He has also participated in several collective exhibitions. He is represented in collections both in Norway and abroad. He has participated in the Norwegian National Autumn Exhibition on several occasions. Bergmann is an artist with voting rights and has had the state's guaranteed income since 1977.

The exhibition in Ørsta includes both watercolors and graphics. Traditionally, Bergmann's relationship to nature is strongly evident in his watercolors. And it is primarily the nature of Western Norway and the coastal landscape here that he is interested in. His graphic works have themes and motifs from Greek mythology, while in the background one can sense the lines all the way to our time, man's place in the universe and the world around us.

The exhibition In Svendsen-garden is open until Monday, May 26”

(Tuesday May 13, 1980)

Ørsta Kunstlag:

“Volda-ørsting exhibits graphics and watercolors

Sigurd Bergmann, who has a father from Ørsta and a mother from Volda, is rather little known as a picture creator here in our district, even though he is very productive and has received plenty of praise for his work.

From Thursday 15 May until Friday 23 May, we will have the opportunity to see a nice selection of watercolors and graphics from his hand, and we must believe that many will find their way to Ørsta Kunstlag's premises in Mellegarden where the exhibition is held.

Sigurd Bergmann, who is now 50 years old, was born in Ørsta but has settled in Oslo. He trained as a painter and graphic artist at art and craft schools both here in Norway and in Sweden and has studied art history at the university and has been on study trips to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain. His paintings have been included in the Norwegian Autumn Exhibition several times, and are represented in collections of paintings both in Norway and abroad.”

Source: Møre 7

Tuesday, May 13, 1980