# Art Dopers-Oscar Knudsen--portraitst of the Norse Gods--info on prints? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973 "2007-11-27T23:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/1 "2007-11-27T23:11:28Z")
Whilst surfing at work, I stumbled across paintings by Oscar Knudsen, originals, in a series on the Norse Gods. Beautiful. And all they had were high-priced originals! :smack: Are there books/posters/prints by/on this guy available? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/2 "2007-12-02T21:45:59Z")
_ **Anything?** _ Even a link about the guy? Something? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/3 "2016-05-04T23:59:39Z")
Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/4 "2016-05-05T00:15:33Z")
[It’s more visible in the ebay sale.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/OSCAR-KNUDSEN-PAINTING-TORMENT-OF-LOKI-/290986402991?hash=item43c02424af:g:eI8AAOxyjFpSReU-) Per the sale I do wonder how can you own an original painting and not have publication rights to it? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/5 "2016-05-05T01:02:59Z")
As a former artist and graphic artist, I can tell you that’s common. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/6 "2016-05-05T01:52:18Z")
One circus print available through [art.com](http://art.com), but not much else. Illustration House doesn’t carry him, and Heritage Auctions don’t have any of his works, and they’re the most likely places in my experience. Watch eBay, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/7 "2016-05-05T04:01:11Z")
Not sure if this is the same Oscar Knudsen, but [here’s an article](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/knudsen_oscar.htm) about a Dutch cartoonist of that name. It mentions that, after the war, he had trouble getting work because of some links he had with Nazi collaborators, so a lot of his post-war work was under pseudonyms. If it is the same guy, that might explain why you’re having trouble finding prints of his work. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973/8 "2016-05-05T21:26:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Not sure if this is the same Oscar Knudsen, but [here’s an article](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/knudsen_oscar.htm) about a Dutch cartoonist of that name. It mentions that, after the war, he had trouble getting work because of some links he had with Nazi collaborators, so a lot of his post-war work was under pseudonyms. If it is the same guy, that might explain why you’re having trouble finding prints of his work. Ouch. I suspect that is it.