SERIES: ARCHIPELAGO
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2009, US President Barack Obama, receives the Nobel Peace Prize Diploma made by Per Fronth
at ceremony in Oslo Rådhus Dec 10th 2009:
Having been selected the honour of being a Nobel Artist Per Fronth is the first contemporary artist using photography as a main component in the Diploma.
The motif is drawn from Fronth series Archipelago - and depicts the opening of the Olav-sundet. The sound in Ny-Hellesund made famous in tales of the King Olaf Haraldsson II - later sanctified by the Catholic church as St. Olaf after his death on the battlefield at Stiklestad, Norway, July 29th 1030.
Archipelago Paintings ( Selected )
Buoyancy ( Archimedes 212 BC) archipelago
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF
223 x 161 cm / 88 x 63 in
Collection of Dorthe & Cato Ender / Norway
2017
Harmony ( Shadow in the Boy)
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas / Sailmaker Sewn
270 x 200 cm / 106 x 78 in
Collection of Glastad Holding AS / Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel
2017
Detail: Harmony ( Shadow in the Boy)
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas / Sailmaker Sewn
270 x 200 cm / 106 x 78 in
Collection of Glastad Holding AS / Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel
2017
Rim of the Party /Ritual / Second Wind archipelago
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas / Sewn / Multicanvas
200 x 155 cm / 78 x 61 in
2017
Rim of the Party /Ritual / Second Wind archipelago
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas / Sewn / Multicanvas
117 x 206 cm / 46 x 81 in
Collection of Dorthe & Cato Ender / Norway
2017
The Opening / Ritual / Sea of Tranquility ( Eclipse ) Olsok
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF
190 x 80 cm cm / 75 x 32 in
Private Collection / Oslo
2017
Rinse / Shadow Passing Sea of Tranquility ( Eclipse)
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF / 7 panels
330 x 120 cm / 130 x 47 in
Collection of Phonero / Telia
2014
Minor 25 Offshore ( Friendship)
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF / Dip-tych
91 x 80 cm / 36 x 32 in
Private Collection / Oslo
2014
Contemporary Alter Piece ( Mapping the Surface )
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF / 7 panels
413 x 160 cm / 166 x 63 in
Collection of Westshore Shipbrokers
2013
Ritual / First Day of Summer / Blue Inflatable
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF / Trip-tych
100 x 147 cm / 39 x 57 in
Private Collection / Swtzerland
2014
Landscape Divided / Ribeholmen
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF / 4 panels
240 x 200 cm / 94 x 78 in
Collection of Sparebanken Sør / Norway
2014
Time & Reflection ( 569 Bombs )
Mixed Media / Oil on MDF / Triptych
242 x 200 cm / 95 x 79 in
Ver. I: Private Collection / Oslo
Ver II: Private Collection / Monaco
2010
Waterlilies I. & II. / archipelago
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
165 x 200 cm / 65 x 78 in
Collection of Diana & Peter Sewing / Frankfurt
2008
Bridge ( Teenage Lux) archipelago
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
223 x 161 cm / 88 x 63 in
Collection of NHO / Norwegian Trade Association HQ / Oslo
2009
Evolution of Melancholy III. - St. Matthews
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
315 x 165 cm / 126 x 65 in
Ver. I: Private Collection Jesse AS / Norway
Ver. II: Private Collection C & B Samuelsen / Norway
Ver. III: Collection of Sandeep Bhammer / Mumbai / India
2008
Fra Olav-Sundet ( Ny-Hellesund)
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
250 x 178 cm / 99 x 72 in
Private Collection / Hildur & Erik Berge / Norway
2001
Puddle walk ( archipelago)
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
250 x 135 cm / 100 x 54 in
Collection Åpent Bakeri / Norway
2002
Salt ( Genome) I
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
245 x 112 cm / 96 x 44 in
Ver. II: Collection of Choice Hotels / Norway
Ver. III: Collection of Mrs & Mr Edward Mullen/ United States
2001
Salt ( genome ) II
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
227 x 170 cm / 90 x86 in
Private Collection / Oslo
Ver. II: Private Collection / United States
2001
Surveillance of The Sun ( Archipelago)
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
137 x 147 cm / 54 x 58 in
Collection Søgne & Greipstad Sparebank
2001
PPVF
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
233 x 170 cm / 88 x 68 in
Private Collection / Norway
2001
Surveillance of The Sun 05062001 / 06062001 / 16062001 / 19062001
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
ea 50 x 40 cm / 20 x 16 in cm
Private Collection / Norway
Collection Cruiseship Navigator of the Seas
2001