Halvdan Ljøsne

Halvdan Ljøsne (31 May 1929 in

Vågå Vågå () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo. Other village areas in Vågå include Lalm and Besshei ...

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The co ...

– 6 February 2006) was a Norwegian painter. He was born in

. He took his education 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 ...

from 1949 to 1950, 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" ...

from 1950 to 1953 (under

Aage Storstein Aage Storstein (26 July 1900 – 7 May 1983) was a Norwegian artist. Aage Storstein was born in Stavanger in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Aage Storstein studied in Paris at Academie Ranson, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and Academie Col ...

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 ...

) and the Academie Ranson from 1953 to 1954. He worked as a lecturer at the

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 ...

from 1958 to 1967. He was then a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts from 1967 to 1983, serving as

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

from 1974 to 1977. He is represented with nine works in the

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

. He settled at

Haslum Haslum is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population (2007) is 6,041.1929 births 2006 deaths People from Vågå 20th-century Norwegian painters 21st-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian expatriates in France Academic staff of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway Artists from Bærum 20th-century Norwegian male artists 21st-century Norwegian male artists {{Norway-painter-stub