Else Poulsson (24 March 1909 – 10 February 2002) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist.

Biography

Poulsson was born in

Rjukan Rjukan () is a town and the administrative centre of Tinn municipality in Telemark, Norway. It is situated in Vestfjorddalen, between Møsvatn and Lake Tinn, and got its name after Rjukan Falls west of the town. The Tinn municipality council gr ...

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

, Norway. She was the daughter of Jens Jørgensen Poulsson and Vivi Lange, and was a sister of Colonel Jens-Anton Poulsson and a niece of architect

Magnus Poulsson Magnus Poulsson (14 July 1881 – 18 March 1958) was a Norwegian architect. Biography Poulsson was born in Drammen, Buskerud county, Norway. His parents were Søren Anton Poulsson (1847–1934) and Ina Bolette Jørgensen (1851–1922). He studie ...

Poulsson was educated at ''Statens kvinnelige industriskole'' and at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) 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). ...

, alongside

Enevold Thømt Martin Enevold Thømt (June 8, 1878 – June 21, 1958) was a Norwegian decorative painter. Life and work Thømt was born in Askim,Waterloo Normannsen, Sølvi. 2010. Klart for nye blikk på gamle skatter. ''UA'' (September 6). the son of Karl P ...

, in

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and undertook further studies in Sweden and

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. From 1929 to 1954 she worked for ''Den Norske Husflidsforening''. Among her designs are several decorations for

Oslo City Hall Oslo City Hall ( no, Oslo rådhus) 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 ...

, including a carpet design, ''St. Hallvard'', which was woven by Else Halling. Poulsson also produced designs for the

Headquarters of the United Nations zh, 联合国总部大楼french: Siège des Nations uniesrussian: Штаб-квартира Организации Объединённых Наций es, Sede de las Naciones Unidas , image = Midtown Manhattan Skyline 004.jpg , im ...

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. She died in

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electora ...

during 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 Women textile artists