Peter Martin Anker (22 August 1927 – 22 December 2012) was a Norwegian museum director, art historian and critic.
Personal life
He was born in
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
as a son of chief physician Herman Anker (1901–1970) and Charlotte Amalie Meyer (1897–1985). He was married to Liv Løberg (1932–1986), but the marriage was dissolved. From October 1973 he was married to Inger Kiær, a daughter of
Herman L. Løvenskiold, but that marriage was dissolved too. In April 1987 he married his third wife, Inger-Johanne Brautaset.
Career
He
finished
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his secondary education at
Bergen Cathedral School
Bergen Cathedral School (Norwegian: ''Bergen Katedralskole'', Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Bergensis'', formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Loc ...
in 1946. He enrolled 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 ...
, and then in
art history
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
at the
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
in 1948. He took the
mag.art.
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The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the ...
degree (PhD equivalent) 1954 with a thesis about the
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
s in
Sant'Angelo in Formis
Sant'Angelo in Formis is an abbey in the municipality of Capua in southern Italy. The church, dedicated to St Michael the Archangel, lies on the western slopes of Monte Tifata.
History
The church was once referred to as ''ad arcum Dianae'' ("ne ...
. He worked for
Landslaget Kunst i Skolen from 1954 to 1957, as a curator for the
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History), at Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway, is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections of artifacts from all social groups and all regions of the country. It also incorporates a large open- ...
from 1958 to 1965 and director of
Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum from 1965 to 1994. He was a lecturer at 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 ...
from 1971.
[
Books include ''L'Art Scandinave'' (volume 1, 1969), ''Norsk middelalderkunst'' (1970, with István Rácz), ''Norsk folkekunst'' (1975, with István Rácz) and ''Folkekunst i Norge'' (1975). He participated in the editorial committee for the seven-volume work ''Norges kunsthistorie'', released in 1983.] He was also an art critic. He published his first criticism before finishing secondary school, and via the Academy of Craft and Art Industry newspaper ''Acantus'' he wrote in national outlets such as ''Kunsten i dag'' and ''Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
''. From 1961 to 1965 he worked part-time as an art critic in ''Arbeiderbladet
''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. ...
''.[
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References
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1927 births
2012 deaths
Curators from Bergen
People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School
University of Oslo alumni
Norwegian art historians
Norwegian art critics
Directors of museums in Norway
Academic staff of the University of Bergen