Refsum, Maja (1897 - 1986)

Maja Refsum (23 September 1897 – 11 January 1986) was a Norwegian sculptor and teacher.

She grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Harald Refsum (1866-1950) and Hanna Ovidia Yssen (1863-1944). She was the aunt of Sigrid Christie (1923-2004), who was married to noted antiquarian Håkon Christie. She was married to art historian and head of Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage Arne Nygård-Nilssen. Their daughter Kirsti (1935-) married Carsten Hopstock.

At the State Crafts and Art Industry School (1917–19) she had Lars Utne as a supervisor. She furthered her education at the art academy in Kristiania with Gunnar Utsond (1919–20) and at Bauhaus University in Weimar under Richard Engelmann, director of the Sculpture School (1921-22).

She is represented in the National Gallery of Norway with the terracotta sculpture Bruden pyntes. Among her most important works is her sculpture of writer Amalie Skram situated at Nordnes in Bergen, Norway.

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Maja Refsum Nygård-Nilssen, fødd Thea Marie Refsum, (23. september 1897–11. januar 1986) var ein norsk bilethoggar frå Oslo.

Refsum var dotter til ein garvarmeister i Kristiania/Oslo. Ho vart utdanna ved Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole under Lars Utne 1917-19, ved Statens kunstakademi under Gunnar Utsond 1919-20 og ved kunstakademiet i Weimar 1921-22.

Maja Refsum laga mellom anna statuen av Amalie Skram (1949) i Bergen og fleire altartavler, portrettbyster og større skulpturar i glassert keramikk. Keramikkfuguren Bruden pyntes finst i Nasjonalgalleriet. Ho var formann i Bildende Kunstnerinners Forbund 1938-46.

Refsum var frå 1928 gift med seinare riksantikvar Arne Nygård-Nilssen. Ho var mormor til Arne Berggren.

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