Rolf Bull-Hansen (29 February 18888 October 1970) was a Norwegian educator and author.

Biography

He was born at

Norderhov Norderhov is a former municipality located within Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Municipality Norderhov municipality was established on January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a popul ...

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, Norway. He was a son of headmaster and parish priest Fredrik Vilhelm Bull Hansen (1852-1923) and Caroline Steenbuch (1862-1939). He was an uncle of army general

Fredrik Bull-Hansen Fredrik Bull-Hansen (2 August 1927 – 1 March 2018) was a Norwegian military officer, a General in the Norwegian Army. He served as Chief of Defence of Norway from 1984 to 1987. Bull-Hansen was decorated Commander with Star of the Royal Norwe ...

. He attended Bergen Cathedral School and graduated in 1908 with a teacher's degree from the University of Kristiania (now

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 ...

). From 1938 he was headmaster and later rector of 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). ...

() in

Notodden Notodden () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Notodden. Notodden was separated from the munic ...

until his retirement in 1954. He is known for his contributions to drawing education with a focus on first developing creativity and spontaneity followed later by technique and methodology. Among his publications are from 1924, from 1928, and from 1953. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1948.

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