page_title: Dyre Vaa
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Dyre Vaa / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Sjømannsmonumentet in Bergen, Norway.
context_page_description: Dyre Vaa was a Norwegian sculptor and painter.
context_section_description: He was born in Kviteseid, Telemark, and later lived and worked in Rauland.  He was the son of  Tor Aanundsson Vaa (1864–1928) and Anne Marie Roholt (1866–1947).  Vaa grew up the youngest of five siblings in a wealthy home. His father was one of the largest forest owners in Telemark. He graduated artium at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1920. Vaa studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and at Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1922–23, under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and later traveled to Spain, Greece and Italy for studies.
caption: The Maritime Monument in Bergen by Dyre Vaa