Reidar Aulie

[2] As a young progressive and intellectual artist, Aulie sided with the labor movement within the national political struggle.

In 1936 Aulie built a house and studio on Maridalsveien Street in Oslo, where he lived the rest of his life[3] He became best known for the art produced during the Second World War.

Aulie had a significant production in the years 1940-45, during periods spent hiding on a small farm owned by his in-laws in Eidsberg.

Aulie's main production year was 1943 when he painted the important war pictures of subjects that would not be tolerated by German censorship.

His notable work, entitled 9. april 1940, tells of the invasion which resulted in the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.