Jakob Klukstad
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Klukstad was born in Gudbrandsdal at Lom
Lom, Norway
Lom is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fossbergom....
in Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....
county, Norway. He spent most of his career on the Klukstad farm in Lesja
Lesja
Lesja is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lesja....
. In 1734 he married Anne Knutsdatter from Lom. Beginning in 1746 they are recorded as taking communion at the church in Lesja, where they continued for years afterwards. In 1747 Klukstad is recorded as holding a cotters farm which was attached to the larger farm Nordistugu Klukstad in Lesja. He was buried at Lesja Church, where a monument recognizing his work has been placed at his grave.
Klukstad was a self-taught artist who developed his own unique style. His main artistic contribution came at churches in Gudbrandsdalen, where he received several major commissions. Klukstad's great masterpiece is the altarpiece at Lesja Church. Klukstad's work can also be seen in churches at Skjåk
Skjåk
Skjåk is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo...
and Kors.
Other sources
- Kleiven, Ivar (1973) Gamal bondekultur i Gudbrandsdalen: Lom og Skjaak (Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug & Co.) ISBN 978-8203059513
- Stagg, Frank Noel (1956) The heart of Norway: A history of the central provinces (Allen & Unwin)