Sigri Welhaven (4 May 1894 – 20 December 1991) was a Norwegian artist and sculptor.

Biography

Welhaven was born in Kristiania (now

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), Norway. She was the daughter of

Hjalmar Welhaven Hjalmar Welhaven (26 December 1850 – 18 April 1922) was a Norwegian architect, palace manager, and sportsman. Biography Personal life Welhaven was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of writer Johan Sebastian Welhave ...

(1850–1922) and Margrethe Backer (1851–1940), and the sister of the painter Astri Welhaven Heiberg (1881–1967). She studied 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 ...

(later

Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, ''KHiO'') is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in v ...

) and then 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. ...

. She debuted at the Autumn Exhibition at Oslo in 1911. She lived in Paris from 1919 to 1939. In 1937, her work was exhibited at the

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in Paris. She designed busts of Thorvald Lammers (1916),

Halvdan Koht Halvdan Koht (7 July 1873 – 12 December 1965) was a Norwegian historian and politician representing the Labour Party. Born in the north of Norway to a fairly distinguished family, he soon became interested in politics and history. Sta ...

(1939), Sem Sæland (1940) and Hauk Aabel (1945). She also created a number of sculptures featuring wild animals including ''Gutten på delfinen'' in bronze from 1921 at Amaldus Nielsens plass in Oslo and ''Gutten og skilpadden'' in bronze from 1929 at Torshovsparken in Oslo. She is represented in the

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with ''Elefantgruppe'' from 1965.

Personal life

Welhaven was married three times; in 1913 to Jean Heiberg (1884–1976), in 1920 to Peter Krag (1885–1939), and in 1940 to Carl Pihl Schou (1892–1952). She was the mother of three children.

References

1894 births 1991 deaths Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Artists from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian sculptors 20th-century Norwegian women sculptors {{Norway-artist-stub