Background
He was born in Kviteseid, Telemark, and later lived and worked in Rauland. Vaa grew up the youngest of five siblings in a wealthy home. His father was one of the largest forest owners in Telemark.
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Dyre Vaa
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Vaa studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and at Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1922-1923, under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and later traveled to Spain, Greece and Italy for studies.
Career
His first important work was a portrait of Minister of Education Ivar Peterson Tveiten (1925, bronze National Gallery of Norway). A museum, the Dyre Vaa collections, opened 1981 in Rauland, Vinje. Here are bronze sculptures and many of his gypsum figures, drawings and sketches.
He was the younger brother of lyricist Aslaug Vaa.
Dyre Vaa"s wife, Thora, was daughter of writer Johan Bojer, and she was the model he used most. Their son Tor is also a sculptor.
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Born
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March 11, 1980 (aged 77) -
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Norway