Portrait of Trygve Lie, UNNY018G, 1960, Friends of Trygve Lie
Title

Portrait of Trygve Lie

Gift ID: 
UNNY018G

This Gift is a portrait of the first United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie (1896 – 1968) and was painted by the Norwegian artist Harald Dal (1902 – 1972). As one of the few painters of his generation to devote himself to portraiture, Dal developed a rigorous geometric structure of composition. The angular style in which the subject is painted grants it a firmness and unique character.

The painting was commissioned by ten friends of Lie to commemorate his service to the United Nations as the first Secretary-General who served from 1946 to 1952.

The United Nations came into being on 24 October 1945 and soon selected Trygve Lie to serve as the first Secretary-General in 1946. Lie was the first international office holder called upon to exercise the unparalleled political prerogative and conferred powers under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter. 
 

Donor Region: 
Others (Institutions, Foundations, Individuals)
Donor: 
Friends of Trygve Lie
Classification: 
Paintings & Works on Paper
Materials: 
Oil on canvas
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Location (Building): 
Secretariat (S)
Location floor: 
1st Floor
Donation Date: 
May 14, 1960
Artist or Maker: 
Harald Dan
Dimensions: 
45 x 33 in