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Else Poulsson (24 March 1909 – 10 February 2002) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist.
Poulsson was educated at ''Statens kvinnelige industriskole'' and at the
Else Poulsson listing on the Cooper Hewitt website
Else Poulsson Tradisjonalist Og Modernist
Matslinder; 11 November 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulsson, Else 1909 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Norwegian women artists People from Rjukan Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian tapestry artists Norwegian textile designers Norwegian women painters Women textile artists
Biography
Poulsson was born inRjukan
Rjukan () is a town and the administrative centre of Tinn municipality in Telemark, Norway. It is situated in Vestfjorddalen, between Møsvatn and Lake Tinn, and got its name after Rjukan Falls west of the town. The Tinn municipality council grant ...
in Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
, Norway. She was the daughter of Jens Jørgensen Poulsson and Vivi Lange, and was a sister of Colonel Jens-Anton Poulsson
Jens-Anton Poulsson Distinguished Service Order, DSO, (27 October 1918 – 2 February 2010) was a Norwegian military officer. During World War II he was a Norwegian resistance movement, Norwegian resistance member, especially noted for his role in ...
and a niece of architect Magnus Poulsson.
Poulsson was educated at ''Statens kvinnelige industriskole'' and at the 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 ...
, alongside Enevold Thømt
Martin Enevold Thømt (June 8, 1878 – June 21, 1958) was a Norwegian decorative painter.
Life and work
Thømt was born in Askim,Waterloo Normannsen, Sølvi. 2010. Klart for nye blikk på gamle skatter. ''UA'' (September 6). the son of Karl P. ...
, in 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 ...
and undertook further studies in Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
and Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. From 1929 to 1954 she worked for ''Den Norske Husflidsforening''. Among her designs are several decorations for Oslo City Hall
Oslo City Hall ( no, Oslo rådhus) is a municipal building in Oslo, the capital of Norway. It houses the city council, the city's administration and various other municipal organisations. The building as it stands today was constructed between ...
, including a carpet design, ''St. Hallvard'', which was woven by Else Halling. Poulsson also produced designs for the Headquarters of the United Nations
zh, 联合国总部大楼french: Siège des Nations uniesrussian: Штаб-квартира Организации Объединённых Наций es, Sede de las Naciones Unidas
, image = Midtown Manhattan Skyline 004.jpg
, im ...
in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
. She died in Bærum
Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
during 2002.
References
External links
Else Poulsson listing on the Cooper Hewitt website
Else Poulsson Tradisjonalist Og Modernist
Matslinder; 11 November 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulsson, Else 1909 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Norwegian women artists People from Rjukan Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian tapestry artists Norwegian textile designers Norwegian women painters Women textile artists