Aase Texmon Rygh

Aase Texmon Rygh, (April 13, 1925 – May 21, 2019) was a Norwegian sculptor working in the modernist style.

Aase Texmon Rygh
Aase Texmon Rygh in 2018
Born	(1925-04-13)April 13, 1925 Troms County, Norway
Died	May 21, 2019(2019-05-21) (aged 94)
Nationality	Norwegian
Education	Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry 1944-46 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1948-49
Notable work	Möbius
Style	Modernism
Website	www.rygh.org

Early life and education

Aase Texmon Rygh was born in Troms County, Norway. She studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1944 until 1946. Two years later, she studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, under Einar Utzon-Frank, for one year. In 1950, she visited Paris, where she visited the Louvre. The visit would be pivotal in shaping her career as a professional artist.

Career

Texmon Rygh primarily exhibited in Norway, with a retrospective exhibition at the Henie-Onstad Art Centre in 1992. She has had solo works and participated in group exhibitions in Oslo, Bergen, Antwerp and São Paulo.

Work

The Möbius series were Texmon Rygh's signature works. They are sculptures based on the mathematical Möbius strip as the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius developed.^[1]

Later life and legacy

In 2001, Aase Texmon Rygh became a knight of 1 Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.^[2]

Texmon Rygh died May, 2019.

Notable exhibitions

• 2018: Aase Texmon Rygh. The Form of Eternity at Alta Museum, Alta, Norway^[3]

Notable works

• Spiral II, bronze plaque, 1952 in Tønsberg
• Bjørn Farmann monument, bronze plaque, 1971 in Tønsberg
• Løk (Onions), 1977, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
• Volta, in 1978, Furuset Senter, Oslo
• Brutt form (Broken terms), 1983, Furuset Senter, Oslo
• Möbius triple, at Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo^[4]