Asbjørg Borgfelt (31 October 1900 – 5 June 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor.

Personal life

Borgfelt was born on 31 October 1900 in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

(now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt (1872-1936) and Magnhild Telma Sæther (1876-1941). In 1937 she married sculptor Per Hurum (1910–1989).

Career

Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design () was established in 1818. In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of ...

(''Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole'') with Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879–1965). Then she studied in

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at the

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under

Einar Utzon-Frank Aksel (Axel) Einar (Ejnar) Utzon-Frank (30 March 1888 – 15 July 1955) was a Danish sculptor and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. During his lifetime, he produced many sculptures, some of which stand as public monuments. U ...

(1888-1955). She was awarded the Henrichsens legat; Mohrs legat (1937), Klaveness' stipend (1964) and Oslo bys stipend (1971). She made several study trips in

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and

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. She won 1st prize in several competitions including the fountain ''Bjørnefontene'' at

Majorstua Majorstuen or Majorstua is a particularly affluent neighbourhood in the Frogner borough in the inner part of Oslo, Norway. Majorstuen is known for its vibrant downtown and especially its shopping area. The area has several elegant townhouses c. 1 ...

in Oslo (1924–25), ''Oksefontenen'' at

Torshov Torshov is a neighborhood north of Grünerløkka and Lilleborg in the Sagene borough of Oslo, Norway. The Oslo Tramway (''Trikken i Oslo'') provides connections with lines running between Majorstuen and Kjelsås. Vogts gate serves as the m ...

in Oslo (1926), the

Christian Krohg Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and s ...

monument (together with Per Hurum) in Oslo (1950) and for ''Årets kull'' at the Bergen Teacher Training College (which was unveiled in 1977 after the artist's death). Borgfeldt died in Oslo on 5 June 1976, at the age of 75.

References

External links

Asbjørg Borgfelt eMuseum
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