early life and education bjarne leif ness, also known as bjarne ness, was a norwegian artist born in trondheim, norway in 1902. he died at the young age of 25 in 1927. despite his short career, ness showed great promise as an artist. he received his first professional drawing lessons at the norwegian institute of technology with harald krohg stabell. he later attended the railway school in hamar in 1923 and became a student of axel rev…