Ola Enstad (10 November 1942 – 2 August 2013) was a Norwegian sculptor.

Biography

He was born in

Lesjaskog Lesjaskog is a village in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the west end of the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet about west of the village of Lesjaverk and about east of the village of Bjorli. The European route ...

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, Norway. Enstad first studied architecture at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in

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. Enstad attended 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 (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO). ...

''Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole'') from 1967 to 1969 and the

Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts The Norwegian National Academy of Arts ( no, Statens kunstakademi) is a Norwegian Academy offering studies in the area of Fine Art. The Academy currently offers 3-year bachelor and 2-year MA programmes. The "Norwegian National Academy of the Arts" ...

(''Statens kunstakademi'') under Per Palle Storm in 1969–1972. He debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') in Oslo during 1970 and held a separate exhibition in the Artists' Association in 1973. He was awarded the Statens reisestipend in 1976 and Oslo bys stipend in 1977. Among his works are ''Stegosaurus'' from 1979 (later destroyed), ''4 vogger'' from 1989, located at the

Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art ( no, Museet for samtidskunst) is a museum in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003, it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. History The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary A ...

, and ''Neve og rose'' from 1991 at Lilletorget,

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. Ola Enstad received the Ingeborg og Per Palle Storms ærespris in 1999.

References

1942 births 2013 deaths People from Lesja Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian sculptors {{norway-artist-stub