Olle Nordmark

Olle Nordmark (May 21, 1890 – December 18, 1973), born Olof Emanuel Nordmark, was a Swedish painter, muralist, teacher, graphic designer, and illustrator. Nordmark emigrated to the United States in 1924, and was later employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to teach fresco painting to Native American artists. In 1964, Nordmark immigrated to Huningue, France where he lived until his death in 1973.

Early life and education Olof Emanuel Nordmark was born on May 21, 1890 in Nordanholen, Mockfjärd to Brita Olsdotter and Fredrik Wilhelm Nordmark, a postal worker.

At the age of 15, Nordmark decided that he was going to be an artist. Nordmark later studied fresco painting at the in Stockholm. narthex ceiling of the First Swedish Baptist Church of New York and the Swedish Room at the University of Pittsburgh. and another at the Delphic Studios in New York. Nordmark later married a Swedish woman called Marie-Louise.