Otto Valstad was a Norwegian painter, book illustrator and children's writer. He was born in Asker

Asker

Asker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Viken traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker. The municipality is a suburb of Oslo, the national capital...

, and was married to Tilla Valstad

Tilla Valstad

Mathilde Georgine "Tilla" Valstad was a Norwegian teacher, novelist and journalist. She was born in Tønsberg as the daughter of ship owner Johan Henrik Christiansen and Mathilde Georgine Hvistendahl, and was married to painter and teacher Otto Valstad in 1893. Their home in Hvalstad was a cultural...

. Their home in Hvalstad

Hvalstad

Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the Municipality Asker. Hvalstad has slightly more than 2000 inhabitants, a number that has doubled since the seventies. Hvalstad is located 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo....

 was a cultural centre, and has later been made into a museum, a part of Asker Museum. Among his books are Juletræet from 1891, Smaakarer from 1910, Ola Enfoldig from 1916 and Ola Mangfoldig from 1923. He is represented in the National Gallery of Norway

National Gallery of Norway

The National Gallery of Norway is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.-History:...

with the portrait Fru Lina Brun from 1901.