Eivind Stenersen Engelstad (21 June 1900 – 16 February 1969) was a

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archaeologist and art historian.

Personal life

Engelstad was born in

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as the son of jurist Bjarne Engelstad (1872–1939) and grandson of engineer Jess Julius Engelstad (1822–1896). He was married to Danish born art historian Helen Wright.

Career

Eivind Stenersen Engelstad took the dr.philos. degree in 1934 on the thesis ''Østnorske ristninger og malinger av den arktiske gruppe''. Other publications include the art historic ''Senmiddelalderens kunst i Norge ca. 1400–1535'' (1936) and ''Kunstindustrien'' (1950). In 1948 he was hired as assistant keeper at the

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. From 1953 he was the Public Director of Museums, a post abolished when he left in 1960. From 1960 to 1967 he was the director of the

Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design The Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design ( no, Kunstindustrimuseet) is a museum in Oslo, Norway. Its collection includes clothing, textile, furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and handicrafts. Since 2003, the museum has been administra ...

References

1900 births 1969 deaths Archaeologists from Oslo Norwegian art historians 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century archaeologists {{Europe-art-historian-stub