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Kjellaug Hølaas
Kjellaug Hølaas (13 August 1906 – 12 September 1990) was a Norwegian textile artist and educator. Biography Hølaas was born in Kristiansand on 13 August 1906, a daughter of Torjus Skajaa and Karen Vennesland. In 1926 she married journalist and writer Odd Hølaas. She studied the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (''Statens kunstakademi'') under Jacob Prytz, specializing as goldsmith. She was assigned to the company J. Tostrup from 1930 to 1933, as designer, and thereafter she studied weaving in Denmark. From 1936 to 1972 she was appointed teacher at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, where she chaired the textile education from 1948. Her own production include decorative tapestry to the Oslo City Hall. She was also engaged as designer for Seiersborg Tekstilfabrikk. Hølaas was awarded the Jacob Prize in 1964. She died in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation of the municipalities of Søgne and Songdalen into the greater Kristiansand municipality. In addition to the city itself, Statistics Norway count four other densely populated areas in the municipality: Skålevik in Flekkerøy with a population of 3,526 in the Vågsbygd borough, Strai with a population of 1,636 in the Grim borough, Justvik with a population of 1,803 in the Lund borough, and Tveit with a population of 1,396 () in the Oddernes borough. Kristiansand is divided into five boroughs; -Grim, Vest-Agder, Grim, which is located northwest in Kristiansand with a population of 15,000; Kvadraturen (Kristiansand), Kvadraturen, which is the centre and downtown Kristiansand with a population of 5,200; Lund, Kristiansand, Lund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
