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Else Marie Jakobsen (28 February 1927 – 12 December 2012) was a Norwegian
designer
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In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or exp ...
and
textile artist
Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects.
Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization. The methods and materials u ...
.
Biography
Jakobsen was born and raised in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...
, Norway. She graduated from
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818.
In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts
The Oslo National Academy of the A ...
(now
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts ( no, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, ''KHiO'') is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in ...
) in 1951. She also studied at a
Gobelin
Gobelin was the name of a family of dyers, who in all probability came originally from Reims, France, and who in the middle of the 15th century established themselves in the Faubourg Saint Marcel, Paris, on the banks of the Bièvre.
The firs ...
tapestry workshop at Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer in the Netherlands during 1950. She was from 1951, both a designer and an artist in the
textile industries
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Industry process
Cotton manufactur ...
, At the same time she began to make
tapestries
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike most woven textiles, where both the warp and the weft threads may ...
. Her debut exhibition was held at the Artists' Association (''Kunstnerforbundet'') at
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
in 1966. In addition, she was active as a speaker across Norway and in other countries as well.
As a textile artist, she won the decoration competition for the
University of Bergen
The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...
science building (90 square meters) as well as the Erkebispegården,
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
(30 square meters) and
Kristiansand District Court
Kristiansand District Court ( no, Kristiansand tingrett) was a district court in Agder county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Kristiansand. The court existed until 2021. It had jurisdiction over the southern part of the county which ...
. Else Marie Jakobsen is particularly known for her work on
altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...
s. She made 33 altarpieces at home and abroad, including in
Copenhagen
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,
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
and the
UAE
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. She also wove over 500 tapestries for private homes and public buildings.
Jakobsen participated in exhibitions including at
Riga
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,
Vilnius
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,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
,
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
,
Orléans
Orléans (;["Orleans"](_blank)
(US) and [Slovakia
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plus changing exhibits in
United States
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and
Denmark
)
, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
, image_map = EU-Denmark.svg
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark
...
. She also participated in the
Lausanne International Tapestry Biennials.
For her arts, she won several prices and an
honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...
at the
MF Norwegian School of Theology
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society ( no, MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn), formerly the Free Faculty of Theology ( no, Det teologiske menighetsfakultet) and MF Norwegian School of Theology, is an accr ...
. She was also made a Knight, First Class of the
Order of St. Olav. Else Marie Jakobsen lived most of her life in Kristiansand where she also held political offices. Prior to her death in 2012, she donated a number of her works to the
Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand
Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand or simply Kristiansand Museum (formerly Vest-Agder Fylkesmuseum) was founded in 1903 and is located in Kristiansand, Norway. Kristiansand Museum consists of a main building with collections and 40 old buildings, group ...
.
References
Related reading
*Joseph Jobe (ed) ''Le Grand Livre de la Tapisserie'' (Lausanne, Switzerland: Edita, 1965)
*Randi Nygaard Lium: ''Ny norsk billedvev'' (C. Huitfeldt. 1992)
*Knut Berg (ed
''Norsk kunsthistorie''(Oslo: Gyldendal, 1981–83)
*Gunvald Opstad: ''Else Marie Jakobsen'', biography, 128 pages, (J. M. Stenersens Forlag. 1987)
*Gunvald Opstad: ''Else Marie Jakobsen'', catalogue, 88 pages, 2003
External links
Else Marie Jakobsen, ÆresdoktorforedragAgder Vitenskapsakademi Årbok 2009
The Lausanne International Tapestry Biennials (1962-1995)
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1927 births
2012 deaths
People from Kristiansand
Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
Norwegian tapestry artists
Norwegian designers
Norwegian textile designers
Norwegian artists
Women textile artists
Politicians from Kristiansand
Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal