Berit Hildre

By LatAm ARTE

Berit Hildre is a Norwegian artist born in 1964 in Alesund, Norway. She has been living in the South of France for about twenty years. As a sculptor, she is known for her figurative works that often depict little girls. Hildre’s sculptures are described as delicate and vulnerable, much like the subjects they represent—frail daisies in the hollow of a valley, embodying freshness, beauty, and the fragility of life. She expresses a poetic view of childhood, where little girls are seen as believing in angels, fairies, trolls, princes, and magicians. They are portrayed as being in tune with nature, conversing with animals, especially cats, and collecting various precious items like strange stones, angel feathers, and secrets held in the palm of their hands.