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Eva Bull Holte (née Eva Vibeke Bull; 15 January 1922 – 15 February 1993) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker.
Personal life
Holte was born inKristiania
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 ...
, Norway
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, on 15 January 1922 to Hildur Jenny Marie Knudsen and Carl Albert Bull.
In 1944, Eva married industrialist and businessman Johan Berthin Holte
Johan Berthin Holte (19 February 1915 – 1 April 2002) was a Norwegian businessperson.
Biography
He was born in Notodden as a son of chief administrative officer Peder Olaus Holte (1875–1943) and Lorentze Indorff (1890–19). In 1944 he marri ...
.
Career
Holte was a recognised artist in her time. She was primarily known as a painter, but she also produced drawings, prints, graphics and ceramics. Holte studied at theNorwegian 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 ...
from 1940 to 1944 where she trained as a ceramist.
She did further study at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts
The Norwegian National Academy of Arts () was a former Norwegian tertiary institution in Oslo, offering studies in the area of fine art. Along with four other academies, it merged to form the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, KHiO) in 1996. ...
under Jean Heiberg from 1947 to 1950. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts
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from 1951 to 1953.
She had her debut exhibition in 1957 at Galleri Per 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 ...
, with motives from mountain landscapes in France and Telemark
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, and later also painted landscapes from Jutland
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and Mallorca
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The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...
, as well as portraits. She is represented in the Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
The National Museum (, officially the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design) is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. The collection totals over 400,000 w ...
with four paintings, ''Lier I'' (1963), ''Tange (Danmark)'' (1968), ''Swaldale in Yorkshire'' (1974) and ''Mot aften, Harang''.
Death and legacy
Holte died in Oslo on 15 February 1993. She is buried with her husband Johan at theÃ…motsdal Church
Åmotsdal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Seljord Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åmotsdal. It is one of the churches for the Seljord parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark p ...
cemetery, Ã…motsdal, Norway.
During the 1950s, Holte and her husband had bought farm Sneie in Ã…motsdal which included several historic buildings. It was on this site that an art museum was built in her honour - the Eva Bull Holte Museum.
On Saturday 12 June 1999, the art museum was officially opened by the County Governor of Telemark. The museum is open every summer and exhibits Holtes works as well as a guest artist each year.
References
Further reading
* 1922 births 1993 deaths Painters from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian painters Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni 20th-century Norwegian women painters {{Norway-painter-stub