Synnøve Anker Aurdal (8 December 1908 – 2 April 2000) was a

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textile artist Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects. Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization. The methods and materials u ...

. She was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway to Nils Botvid Anker (1878–1943) and Gudrun Nilssen (1875–1958). She was the sister of

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Øyvind Anker (1904–1989) and

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of educator Herman Anker (1839–1896). She was married to painter Leon Aurdal (1890-1949) from 1944 until his death in 1949. She was married to painter and sculptor

Ludvig Eikaas Ludvig Eikaas (20 December 1920 – 5 September 2010) was a Norwegian painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Eikaas was among the first artists in Norway to work in a purely non-figurative idiom. Biography Ludvig Eikaas was born in the small haml ...

(1920–2010) from 1949. She received private schooling in Lillehammer and studied at the State Women's Industrial School (''Statens lærerhøgskole i forming'') in Oslo from 1932-34. In 1941 she had her first exhibition in the Oslo Association of Artists. Her works include ''Flammedans'' from 1955, ''Blå rytmer'' from 1956 and ''Telegram'' from 1968. In 1958, she jointly won the competition for the textile decoration of Håkonshallen in

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. Her work ''Høyseteteppet'' (1958–1961) appears in Håkonshallen together with works by artists

Sigrun Berg Sigrun Karoline Matina Berg (18 May 1901 – 18 May 1982) was a Norwegian weaver and textile designer. Biography Berg was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was a daughter of judge Paal Berg and Caroline Debes, and was the mother of ...

and

. She represented Norway at the

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in 1982. She was awarded the Jacob-prisen in 1967 and Maihaugenprisen in 1969. In 1978, she received the Oslo City art award (''Oslo bys kunstnerpris''). In 1991, she received the

Prince Eugen Medal The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...

and the

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(''Norsk kulturråds ærespris''). She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1980.

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1908 births 2000 deaths Artists from Oslo Norwegian tapestry artists Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal Synnove Women textile artists Norwegian textile designers Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal {{norway-bio-stub