Magne Malmanger (10 May 1932 – 12 December 2023) was a Norwegian art historian. He was born in

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and took the mag.art. degree at the

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in 1958 with the thesis ''The Intention of

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''. He was also an art critic in ''

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'' from 1962 to 1968, and lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1967 to 1968 before being hired as an

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at the Norwegian Institute in Rome in 1968. In 1974 he was hired as head curator at the

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. His doctoral thesis ''Norsk malerkunst. Fra klassisisme til tidlig realisme'' was published in 1981. From 1986 he held a professorship of art history at the

, serving as managing director of the Norwegian Institute in Rome from 1990 to 1996. He was inducted into the

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in 1991.

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1932 births 2023 deaths People from Bergen Norwegian art critics Norwegian art historians University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norwegian expatriates in Italy {{Norway-academic-bio-stub