Background
Son of the manufacturer Ejnar Kielberg, Ole Kielberg was born in Humlebæk near Hillerød in the north of Zealand, Denmark.
Son of the manufacturer Ejnar Kielberg, Ole Kielberg was born in Humlebæk near Hillerød in the north of Zealand, Denmark.
From 1929, he studied art under Aksel Jørgensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts before continuing his education at the Maison Watteau in Paris (1933-1934) under Othon Friesz, Marcel Gromaire and Charles Despiau.
He is remembered above all for his landscapes of the countryside in the north of Zealand
Kielberg is remembered first and foremost for the landscapes in all seasons and weathers he painted around Daugløkke near Humlebæk where he lived from 1938. In the 1950s, his approach benefited from the light and colour he experienced in Rome and Florence. A small proportion of his work also covered figure painting and portraits while he also copied the works of the classical masters he discovered in his trips to the museums of Europe.
Later in life, he concentrated on painting garden flowers.
His Danish landscapes reveal his friendship with the Odsherred Painters, especially Karl Bovin, Søren Hjorth Nielsen, Victor Brockdorff, Viggo Lørup and Ellen Krause, most of whom were also members of Corner.