Arne Nygård-Nilssen - ca. 1950 - Oslo Museum - OB.F06279a. Arne Nygård-Nilssen (5 April 1899 – 26 July 1958) was a Norwegian

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

, publicist and magazine editor.

Biography

Nygård-Nilssen grew up in

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, Norway where his father was a school teacher. He attended the

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(MS. 1927, PhD. 1945). At the University he came under the influence of Anders Bugge (1889-1955), a prominent professor of art history. Professor Bugge was curator at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo and served with the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. Nygård-Nilssen subsequently took over Bugge's work with historic Norwegian churches, with a focus on conservation and restoration. Nygård-Nilssen was secretary of The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments from 1929 to 1946. He replaced Harry Fett as head the

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serving from 1946 to 1958. Arne Nygård-Nilssen also edited the magazine '' Kunst og Kultur'', and a series of scientific books. He was married to sculptor Maja Refsum. Their daughter Kirsti married Carsten Hopstock.

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*Nygård-Nilssen, Arne; Bugge, Anders; Kielland, Thor; Shetelig, Haakon (eds.) (1945) ''Norsk Kunstforskning I Det Tyvende Århundre. Festskrift til Harry Fett'' (Cammermeyer Boghandel) 1899 births 1958 deaths Writers from Bergen Norwegian art historians Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-historian-stub