From the press. Katolsk
http://www.katolsk.no/nyheter/2022/04/nytt-portrett-av-biskop-bernt-fanget-biskopens-personlighet
Podcasts
http://wisefoolpod.com/classical-figurative-painter-helene-knoop-norway/ https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1531934073/cultura-notes-podkast/06-billedkunstner-helene-knoop-om-figurativ-kunst-annen-kunst-og-litt-om-menn https://open.spotify.com/episode/4r6ZJx1LWCNf4vGDBeNy22
New works
Keiron i kunsten. Av Steinar Bjartveit. Seksten år gammel laget Michelangelo relieffet «Kentaurenes kamp». Han fikk flytte inn i palasset til Lorenzo de’ Medici, og her vokste han fram under Lorenzos rettledning og beskyttelse. Relieffet skildrer en bryllupsfest der kentaurer og mennesker kjemper sammen etter å ha fått litt for mye …
Portrait of a World Champion
The chess grand master, Magnus Carlsen was modelling for Helene Knoop in 2019. The painting named “Remis”, is now in a private collection. “Remis” 100 x 120 cm oil on canvas.
New works
The painting, Three Black Graces, which I painted some years ago has now a sister motif. Original were the three graces in roman mythology the three goddesses of beauty, grace and joy, as well as personifications of the art of poetry and the visual arts. Despite the age of the history, I think the motif still is universal and timeless.
The Ludwig Knoop project
Helene Knoop is planning to make an art project and exhibition in Narva based on her family history, Ludwig Knoop, and the Kreenholm Factory. She was invited to Estonia by the organisation Norden and visited Tallinn and Narva, to leran more about the history of Narva and Kreenholm as well as get in contact with …
Malekurs
Malekurs Friluftsskolen Friluftsskolen i Hagan har blitt en tradisjon; i over et tiår har vi arrangert malekurs om sommeren. Etter internasjonal karriere, kronet med den franske Salongens gullmedalje, returnerte Christian Skredsvig til Norge i 1885. Han bosatte seg først i Bærum, men flyttet ti år senere til Eggedal. Christian Skredsvig underviste sin Friluftsskole sommeren 1899, etter oppmuntring fra malerinnen Harriet Backer. Hensikten …
The Wize Fool Podcast
We discuss politics of the arts, grants, Fresco, parenthood, the difficulties of being a full time artist, commissions, portrait painting, and presentation.
Objectifying men
Med sine maleriske strøk objektiviserer Helene Knoop mannen – helt blottet for feminisme