Jean Heiberg
Jean Heiberg | |
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Born | Kristiania, Norway | 19 December 1884
Died | 27 May 1976 | (aged 91)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation(s) | painter, sculptor, designer and art professor |
Parent | Hjalmar Heiberg |
Jean Hjalmar Dahl Heiberg (19 December 1884 – 27 May 1976) was a Norwegian painter, sculptor, designer and art professor.[1][2]
Personal life
Heiberg was born in
Heiberg's first wife (from 1913 to 1920) was the sculptor Sigri Welhaven. In 1922 he married the painter Agnes Mannheimer, who died in 1934. In 1954 he married Anna Cleve (1916–1996).[1]
Career
Heiberg finished his secondary education at Hamar in 1903. He studied at the Royal Drawing School (Den Kongelige Tegneskole) in Kristiania from 1903 to 1904, and in Munich from 1904 to 1905. He studied at the Académie Colarossi in Paris in 1905. After a period in Kristiania, he moved to Paris again, and was a student of Henri Matisse from 1908 to 1910. After his marriage in 1913, the couple stayed in Rome and Florence the following year.[1]
Among Heiberg's paintings are Boksekamp from 1910 and Enken from 1915, which are both located in
In the early 1930s he co-designed a telephone for Elektrisk Bureau. It was claimed to be the world's first "hookless" bakelite telephone; that is, the first telephone where the cradle, or receiver hook, was integrated into the all-bakelite body.[1] The phone went into production in 1932 as the Ericsson model DBH1001. The engineering design of this model was made by Norwegian electrical engineer Johan Christian Bjerknes (1889–1983). Heiberg was responsible for the stylistic design.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Heiberg was appointed a professor at the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Alfsen, Glenny. "Jean Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Johan Christian Bjerknes". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Brunnström, Lasse. "The Bakelite telephone 1931". Stockholm: Centre for Business History. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Freshwater, R. "BPO 300 type telephone info". Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Solberg, Anne. "Telehistoriske glimt. Telekommunikasjon før og nå" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norsk Telemuseum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Elektrisk Bureau Bordtelefon. Verdens første "gaffelløse" telefonapparat. Konstruert av Johan Christian Bjerknes. Endelig form gitt av Jean Heiberg" (in Norwegian). Digitalt museum. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
Related reading
- Kjetil Fallan (2010) Design History: Understanding Theory and Method (Berg Publishers) ISBN 9781847887030