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Else Poulsson (24 March 1909 – 10 February 2002) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist.
Poulsson was educated at ''Statens kvinnelige industriskole'' (1925–1927) then at the
Else Poulsson listing on the Cooper Hewitt website
Else Poulsson Tradisjonalist Og Modernist
Matslinder; 11 November 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulsson, Else 1909 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Norwegian women artists People from Rjukan Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian tapestry artists Norwegian textile designers Norwegian women painters 20th-century women textile artists
Early life and education
Poulsson was born inRjukan
Rjukan () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of Tinn Municipality. The town is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, between the lakes Møsvatn ...
in Telemark
Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...
, Norway on 24 March 1909. She was the daughter of Jens Jørgensen Poulsson and Vivi Lange, and was a sister of Colonel Jens-Anton Poulsson
Jens-Anton Poulsson DSO (27 October 1918 – 2 February 2010) was a Norwegian military officer. During World War II he was a Norwegian resistance member, especially noted for his role in the heavy water sabotage 1942–1943. He continued ...
and a niece of architect Magnus Poulsson.
Poulsson was educated at ''Statens kvinnelige industriskole'' (1925–1927) then 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 ...
, alongside Enevold Thømt, in Oslo
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 ...
(1927–1929). She also took courses at Johanna Brunson's weaving school in Stockholm and the Tavastehus weaving school in Finland. Poulsson was awarded the Norwegian Handicraft Association's scholarship in 1930 and the Norwegian Textile Industry's travelling grant in 1963.
Career
From 1929 to 1954 she worked for ''Den Norske Husflidsforening'' (Norwegian Handicraft Association). She was a draughtswoman and later head of the textile studio in the years. Among her designs are several decorations forOslo City Hall
Oslo City Hall () is a municipal building in Oslo, the capital of Norway. It houses the city council, the city's administration and various other municipal organisations. The building as it stands today was constructed between 1931 and 1950, wi ...
, including a carpet design, ''St. Hallvard'', which was woven by Else Halling. She also designed rugs, carpets, curtain and upholstery fabrics and wallpapers for the building, which was designed by her uncle Magnus.
Poulsson also produced designs for the Headquarters of the United Nations
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in New York City
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, a carpet design for Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim and embroidery for the Museum of Decorative Arts in Oslo.
Exhibitions
Poulsson showed work in collective exhibitions * National Exhibition, Bergen, 1928 * Stockholm exhibition, 1930 * National exhibition, Trondheim, 1930 * Norsk Prydkunstlag's Christmas exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 1930 * World Exhibition, Paris, 1937 * Norwegian Applied Arts 1951, Gothenburg * Norwegian Applied Arts 1951, Copenhagen * Design in Scandinavia, travelling exhibition USA, 1954 * Norwegian Textiles Now, Museum of Decorative Arts in Oslo, 1971 Solo exhibitions * Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 1961 * Museum of Decorative Arts in Oslo, 1966Awards
* 1st prize in competition for tableware for Oslo City Hall 1947 * 1st prize in a competition for textiles Oslo City Hall 1948Personal life
Poulsson married lecturer Per Reetz Moe in 1942. She died inBærum
Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...
on 10 February 2002.
References
External links
Else Poulsson listing on the Cooper Hewitt website
Else Poulsson Tradisjonalist Og Modernist
Matslinder; 11 November 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulsson, Else 1909 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Norwegian women artists People from Rjukan Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian tapestry artists Norwegian textile designers Norwegian women painters 20th-century women textile artists