Jan-Lauritz Opstad

Jan-Lauritz Opstad (4 November 1950 – 21 November 2018) was a Norwegian museum director and art historian.[1]

Biography

He was born in Sarpsborg, Norway as a son of Lauritz Opstad (1917-2003). His father was director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. [2]

He had a master's degree in art history from the University of Oslo in 1978 with an assignment on Norwegian enamel art 1880-1914. In 1979 he was hired as director of the Nordenfjeld Art Museum (Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum) in Trondheim, a position he held until 2013. His special field is enameling history, and important books include Norsk emalje: Kunsthåndverk i verdenstoppen (1994). [1] [3]

Selected works
  • Norsk art nouveau (1979)
  • Ny norsk gullsmedkunst (1983)
  • En ny bevissthet : norsk kunsthåndverk 1970-1990 (1989)
  • Norsk emalje : kunsthåndverk i verdenstoppen (1994)
  • Paa Trondhjemsk vis : selskapskultur og skjulte matskatter fra 1700 til 1900 (2003)

References
  1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Jan-Lauritz Opstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. "Lauritz Opstad". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  3. "Museumsmann og kunsthistoriker Jan-Lauritz Opstad er død". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2018-11-25.


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