Sigrun Karoline Matina Berg (18 May 1901 – 18 May 1982) was a Norwegian

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and textile designer.

Biography

Berg was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. She was a daughter of judge Paal Berg and Caroline Debes, and was the mother of botanist

Per Wendelbo Per Wendelbo Per Wendelbo (5 September 1866 – 26 February 1937) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born as Peder Haraldsen in Skien as a son of Peder Haraldsen, Sr. (1813–1887) og Caroline Mathilde Pedersen (1828–1907). In May 1890 ...

. She was educated from the

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(''Statens kunstakademi'') from 1918 to 1919. She continued her studies at

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(''Statens Kunstakademi'') under

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from 1934 to 1935. She debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') at Oslo in 1936. She worked as designer for the brand De Forenede Ullvarefabrikker (The United Wool Ware Factories) from 1957 to 1965. Together with the textile artist

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and the painter

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, she won the competition for textile decoration of

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in 1958. Among her other works are decorations for Bodø Cathedral, the city halls of

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and

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, and the

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HNoMY ''Norge''.

References

1901 births 1982 deaths Artists from Oslo Norwegian textile designers Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni {{norway-bio-stub