# Per Fronth

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| birth_name    = Per Fronth Nygaard 
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1963|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Kristiansand](/source/Kristiansand), Norway
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| nationality   =  Norwegian
| area          = Visual artist; Contemporary Art
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'''Per Fronth''' (formerly named ''Per Fronth Nygaard'', born 24 November 1963 in [Kristiansand](/source/Kristiansand), [Norway](/source/Norway)) is a Norwegian [photojournalist](/source/Photojournalism), painter and photographer. Fronth is working with photography as his raw material.<ref>[http://www.dillongallery.com/photography-as-painting-publication/ Per Fronth -Photography as painting] www.dillongallery.com {{in lang|en}}</ref> Then he creates and digests the photographs as a painter. The themes he shows in his photographs, are emerging as a component in the understanding of his works. Fronth is mainly dealing with large formats. Particularly in recent years he has concentrated on monumental commissions.  Fronth has lived for extended periods of his life in New York City, where he also has sold many of his pictures.<ref name=Pefr>[http://www.perfronth.com/factspf.html Per Fonth, short facts] {{in lang|en}}</ref>

His works are in permanent collections, such as the French [Biblioteque Nationale](/source/Biblioteque_Nationale) in Paris, the Norwegian [Sørlandets Art Museum](/source/S%C3%B8rlandets_Art_Museum) as well as in numerous public collections, such as the [Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise](/source/Confederation_of_Norwegian_Enterprise) (NHO), [Ekebergrestauranten](/source/Ekebergrestauranten) and [MGM Grand Las Vegas](/source/MGM_Grand_Las_Vegas) in the US. He has held several large exhibitions in New York, in addition to [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Kristiansand, London, [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) and Chicago. He has produced several controversial while successful exhibitions with topics such as rainforest people's struggle for their penhagenrights in the [Amazonas](/source/Amazonas_(Peruvian_department)), Brazil ( "Xingu Chronicles" in New York 1998), the fox hunt in England which is now prohibited ( "Bloodlinjes" in London in 2000) and "Theatre of War" in 2009, which put the spotlight on Norwegian soldiers in [Afghanistan](/source/Coalition_combat_operations_in_Afghanistan_in_2006).<ref name="Pefr" /><ref>[http://www.fineart.no/kunstner/per-fronth Per Fronth] www.fineart.no {{in lang|no}}</ref><ref>[http://artistaday.com/?p=16360 Per Fronth] artistday.com {{in lang|en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artists/per-fronth-5964 Per Fronth SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS] www.laoinartinfo.com {{in lang|en}}</ref>

In 2009 he was selected to create the diploma for the [Nobel Peace Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) that later the same the year was awarded to US President [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama). Fronth is the first photographic artist who has had this task.<ref>[http://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/per-fronth-blir-nobel-kunstner-1.6812497 Per Fronth blir Nobel-kunstner] [Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Norwegian_Broadcasting_Corporation) 12 November 2009 {{in lang|no}}</ref>

Per Fronth is a film director. In addition to having won several awards such as PDN PhotoPlus International Conferences Grand Prize and Short Films International Film Festival, both in New York, his [short films](/source/short_films) Ode to a Hunter (2000) and Godiva (2001) have been invited to the official programs of film festivals Berlin, [Toronto](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival) and Sundance Film festival.<ref name="Pefr" /><ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489087665 Per Fronth; Cecilie Tyri Holt; John August Wood: Per Fronth. Oslo : Press Publishing, ©2009] {{in lang|en}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* [http://www.perfronth.com/ Official website] {{in lang|en}}

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