Arne Durban (16 June 1912 – 18 March 1993) was a Norwegian sculptor and art critic. He was born in
Kristiania
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, and was a brother of
Halvor Durban-Hansen. His works are represented in more than thirty cities in Norway. Among his works are sculptures of
Oscar Mathisen
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and
Anders Sandvig
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, and busts of
Rudolph Thygesen and
Henrik Groth
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Biography
Groth was born and grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo) ...
. He wrote art critics for the newspapers ''
Morgenbladet
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History
''Morgenbladet'' was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg. The paper is the country's first daily newspaper; however, Adresseavi ...
'', ''
Morgenposten
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'' and ''Handels- og Sjøfartstidende'', columns for the magazines ''
Magasinet For Alle'' and ''
Farmand
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'', and biographies of
Christian Sinding
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,
Gustav Vigeland
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and
Kaare Espolin Johnson
Kaare Espolin Johnson (March 7, 1907 – August 16, 1994) was a Norwegian artist and illustrator.
Life and work
Espolin Johnson was born at the Vasseng farm in Surnadal. In 1909, when he was two years old, his family moved to Vadsø, and then mov ...
.
References
1912 births
1993 deaths
Artists from Oslo
Norwegian art critics
Norwegian biographers
Male biographers
20th-century Norwegian writers
20th-century Norwegian sculptors
20th-century biographers
20th-century Norwegian male writers
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