Halvdan Ljøsne

Halvdan Ljøsne (31 May 1929 in Vågå, Oppland – 6 February 2006) was a Norwegian painter.

He was born in Vågå. He took his education at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1949 to 1950,^[1] the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1953 (under Aage Storstein and Jean Heiberg^[2]) and the Academie Ranson from 1953 to 1954. He worked as a lecturer at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1958 to 1967. He was then a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts from 1967 to 1983, serving as rector from 1974 to 1977.^[1] He is represented with nine works in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.^[2]

He settled at Haslum, and died in February 2006.^[1]

References

1. Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Ljøsne, Halvdan". Asker og Bærum leksikon (in Norwegian). Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. p. 314. ISBN 82-91649-10-3.
2. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Halvdan Ljøsne". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 May 2009.