Arne Ellerhusen Holm (11 June 1911 – 31 January 2009) was a Norwegian painter,

graphic art A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface.

ist and architect. Arne E Holm St Olav

Biography

He was born in

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as a son of banker Arne Holm (1880–1975) and Anne Sophie Wibye Ellerhusen (1880–1920). He was a grandson of physician and health pioneer Ingebrigt Christian Holm (1844-1918), founder of Dr. Holms Hotel in

Geilo is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Viken county, Norway. Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, with around 2,500 inhabitants. It is situated in the valley of Hallingdal, 250 km from Oslo and 260 km from Bergen. The Bergen Line ...

. He grew up in Bergen until the age of seven, then in

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for a few years and finally

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. He enrolled in architect studies at

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

in Trondheim. He took one year off at the

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, studying under

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and

Jean Heiberg Jean Hjalmar Dahl Heiberg (19 December 1884 – 27 May 1976) was a Norwegian painter, sculptor, designer and art professor. Personal life Heiberg was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Hjalmar Heiberg (1837–97) and Jea ...

from 1934 to 1935, but returned to finish his architect's degree in 1937. He followed with one additional year at the National Academy of Fine Arts, now under

Georg Jacobsen Georg Jacobsen (17 September 1887 – 14 February 1976) was a Danish painter. Jacobsen studied under Viggo Johansen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1906 to 1911. He later spent time in Paris, from 1919 to 1935, a ...

. In 1938 he married Else Hagen. He was a teacher at the

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from 1938, but in 1947 he was appointed as a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He remained here until his retirement in 1978. He made his exhibition debut as a painter in 1942, and the painting ''Juninatt'' (1945) was bought by the

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in 1946. He is also known for designing several stamps in the 1960s, for his

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at Herøya Church as well as decorating corporate headquarters. He served as vice chairman, later chairman of Trondhjems Kunstforening between 1955 and 1971. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1978 and was awarded the

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in 1989. Himself a

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, he donated his coin collection to the

Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ( da, Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, DKNVS) is a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The s ...

museum. He died in January 2009 in Oslo, where he lived after retiring.

References

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