Famous+Photographer

Rolf Aamof

1. History background Aamot was born in Bergen September 28,1934. From a very early age, Rolf Aamot was taught after Bauhaus principles by his father whose name was Randulf Aamot, a master carpenter and wood carver. Since the 1950s he has been a pioneer within the field of electronic painting, exploring the emerging technology as it combines with the traditional arts of painting, music, film, theatre, and ballet. He studied painting at the Oslo national academy of the arts. In 1952 he had his first exhibit at the Paus Knudsen Gallery in Bergen. In next year, he was awarded a major public commission for the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo. He studied about art. He is known as famous artist,but he is also know as good photographer. he frequently perform art with abstract photographic elements. Since 1966, Aamot's works have been displayed in Italy, the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia, Poland, USA and Japan. From the half of the 1980s he worked with computer painting on canvas, digital photopaintings and graphic art.

2. His influence Aamot made some influence through his works. His work can be found in a number of public collections. He has been represented at several international film and art festivals throughout the world. He also made new art form in television. His electronic tonal-image work "Evolution" represented a milestone of a new art form in which television for the first time was used aas an independent picture-artistic means of expression. Throughout the 1960s to 1980s, he created a series of works for television.

3. Style and major genre He is known as a painter, electronic painter, art photographer, graphic artist, film director, tonal-image composer and cultural author. He also worked for video art and digital photopainting.

4. His photos