Eivind Stenersen Engelstad
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Eivind Stenersen Engelstad (1900 – 1969) was a Norwegian
archaeologist and art historian.
as the son of jurist Bjarne Engelstad (1872–1939) and grandson of engineer Jess Julius Engelstad
(1822–1896).
He married Helen Wright
, an art historian.
Senmiddelalderens kunst i Norge ca. 1400–1535 (1936) and Kunstindustrien (1950).
In 1948 he was hired as assistant keeper at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. From 1953 he was the Public Director of Museums, a post abolished when he left in 1960. From 1960 to 1967 he was the director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
archaeologist and art historian.
Personal life
Engelstad was born in KristianiaOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
as the son of jurist Bjarne Engelstad (1872–1939) and grandson of engineer Jess Julius Engelstad
Jess Julius Engelstad
Jess Julius Engelstad was a Norwegian engineer and railroad administrator.Engelstad was born in Christiania as the son of customs surveyor Christopher Engelstad...
(1822–1896).
He married Helen Wright
Helen Engelstad
Helen Engelstad was a Norwegian art historian and educator.Engelstad was born Helen Wright in Elsinore, Denmark. She married Eivind Stenersen Engelstad, an art historian....
, an art historian.
Career
Eivind Stenersen Engelstad took the dr.philos. degree in 1934 on the thesis Østnorske ristninger og malinger av den arktiske gruppe. Other publications include the art historicArt history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
Senmiddelalderens kunst i Norge ca. 1400–1535 (1936) and Kunstindustrien (1950).
In 1948 he was hired as assistant keeper at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. From 1953 he was the Public Director of Museums, a post abolished when he left in 1960. From 1960 to 1967 he was the director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.