Maja Refsum

Maja Refsum (23 September 1897 – 11 January 1986) was a Norwegian sculptor and teacher.[1]

Statue of Amalie Skram by Maja Refsum

She grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Harald Refsum (1866-1950) and Hanna Ovidia Yssen (1863-1944). She was the aunt of Sigrid Christie (1923-2004), who was married to noted antiquarian Håkon Christie.[2] [3] She was married to art historian and head of Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage Arne Nygård-Nilssen.[4] [5] Their daughter Kirsti (1935-) married Carsten Hopstock.[6]

At the State Crafts and Art Industry School (1917–19) she had Lars Utne as a supervisor. She furthered her education at the art academy in Kristiania with Gunnar Utsond (1919–20) and at Bauhaus University in Weimar under Richard Engelmann, director of the Sculpture School (1921-22).[7]

She is represented in the National Gallery of Norway with the terracotta sculpture Bruden pyntes. Among her most important works is her sculpture of writer Amalie Skram situated at Nordnes in Bergen, Norway. [8]

References
  1. Storaas, Reidar. "Maja Refsum". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. "Sigrid Christie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. Bjørn Cappelen. "Håkon Christie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. "Arne Nygård-Nilssen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Maja Refsum". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  6. Kjos, Torgeir. "Carsten Hopstock". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  7. "Gunnar Utsond". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  8. Erik Bjerck Hagen. "Amalie Skram". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.


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