Ivar Jerven

Ivar Jerven (June 21, 1924 – April 24, 1994) was a Norwegian graphic artist, painter, and drawer.

Biography Jerven was born at Tune Municipality in Østfold, Norway. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1943 to 1947. He also painted poetic pictures of trees, often fragile and bare, with an emphasis on structure and rhythm. His color scheme was the initially dark, with green, ocher, rust red, and slate blue as most prominent. Later his palette became brighter and more varied and abstract.

Jerven took part in the Autumn Exhibition five times between 1946 and 1980. He was selected to display at the Southern Norway Exhibition six times, with his last appearance in 1976. He also participated in a series of group and solo exhibitions in Norway and abroad. He supplied decorations for the National Gallery, the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, the Norwegian Arts Council, and the Municipal Art Collections of Oslo , among others. His main work is a series of 40 paintings that was purchased by Norsk Hydro.

Jerven was married to the artist Kjerstin Øvrelid. He died in Oslo.