Jørleif Uthaug

Jørleif Uthaug (3 August 1911 – 25 August 1990) was a Norwegian illustrator, painter and sculptor.

Biography He was born at Brekstad in Ørland Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of Daniel Meier Uthaug (1886–1977) and Anne Johanne Grande (1890–1962). He taught at Trondhjem Technical College (1932), at Stabell's School of Design (1934–1935) and at Trondhjem Technical Middle School (1936).

He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts under Per Krohg and Axel Revold (1941–43), then under Jean Heiberg (1945–1947). He made his debut as an artist in 1948 at the Trondheim Art Association. He had his first solo exhibition in 1949 at Galleri Per in Oslo. He studied metallurgy and welding at the Swedish Institute of Technology (1960–1961).

Personal life He was married twice. First with Ingeborg Aaberg, the marriage dissolved in 1950. In 1950 with Guri Eve Christopherson (1923-2010). He was a father of author, translator and literary critic Geir Uthaug (born 1950). He died during 1990 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.

Selected works People on the shore - Fylkestingssalen in Tromsø (1961) Amphitrite, the wave and the sea birds - Strandpromenaden in Porsgrunn (1985) Hellebard - Lambertseter in Oslo (1983)