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Johan Wallace Hagelsteen Bøgh (27 May 1848 – 22 July 1933) was a Norwegian museum director and art historian based in the city of

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Personal life

He was born in

as the son of district stipendiary magistrate Ole Bøgh (1810–1872) and his wife Anna Dorothea Sagen (1809–1850). He was the brother of Albert Vilhelm Bøgh. On the maternal side he was a grandson of

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. In October 1875 he married Wenche Gran (1852–1916), a daughter of merchant Christen Knagenhjelm Gran and granddaughter of politician Jens Gran. Their son Christen Gran Bøgh was a notable jurist and tourism administrator. His wife was a sister of

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, and his wife's sister Hanne married Gerhard Armauer Hansen.

Career

After school, Bøgh first had a short stay at the

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, where he became involved in the Norwegian Students' Society. He then tried his talent as a fiction writer, but failed to break through. He then held various jobs in the cultural sector in Bergen. Among others, he helped found the theatre

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in 1876, was the first chairman of the board and later artistic leader during four seasons. He founded the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art in 1889, and was manager for this institution until 1931, when he retired 83 years old. The latter institution benefitted from donations from Christian Sundt and Johan Munthe. He also helped found ''Norske Museers Landsforbund'', a forerunner of ''Norges Museumsforbund''. After his abandoned education in

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, Bøgh had undertaken independent study trips in continental Europe, and he was able to publish several books on art history. He was also involved in Bergens Kunstforening, and was an honorary member of ''Vestlandske Kunstindustriforening'' from 1932. He was a member of the

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from 1913 to his death. He was proclaimed a Knight, First Class of the

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in 1899, and was upgraded to Commander in 1926. He was also a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus. He died in 1933 in Bergen.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogh, Johan 1848 births 1933 deaths Curators from Bergen Directors of museums in Norway Norwegian art historians Norwegian theatre critics Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian)