Jens Thiis

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Monument to honorary citizens of Florence. Jens Thiis listed at the right side.
Detail of inscription

Jens Thiis (12 May 1870 – 27 June 1942) was a Norwegian art historian, conservator and a prominent museum director. He was conservator at the Nordenfjeld Industrial Arts Museum (Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum) in Trondheim beginning in 1895 and director of the National Gallery in Oslo from 1908 to 1941.[1]

Biography

Jens Peter Thiis was born at Kongshavn in

artium at Aars og Voss' skole in 1888. Thiis was a student at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Den kgl. Tegneskoleunder) where he trained under artist Christen Brun (1828-1905) and academy director Wilhelm Holter (1842-1916). He studied art history under Lorentz Dietrichson followed by study trips in Germany, Italy, Belgium and France from 1892 to 1896.[2]
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He was unusually alert to the trends of his time. In 1907, when at the Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim, he engaged Henry van de Velde, now considered one of the foremost stylists of his time, to design an Art Nouveau display room and all its furniture and furnishings. The Henry van de Velde Room is unique in its kind, being specially designed for this purpose. It was later recreated on the premises of the new Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum. As director of the National Gallery he bought French contemporary art (Monet among others) and thus made a solid base for the French collection that is now one of the gallery's main attractions.[5][6]

Personal life

In 1895, he married Ragna Vilhelmine Dons (1870–1939). Thiis was the father of historian

Florentine Renaissance. Thiis died during 1942 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo
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Authorship

References

  1. ^ "Jens Thiis". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Thiis Jens Peter, norsk konstförfattare". Nordisk familjebok. 1919. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Tore Kirkholt. "Christen Brun". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  4. ^ Tore Kirkholt. "Wilhelm Holter". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Ellen J. Lerberg. "Jens Thiis". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "Jens Thiis (1870–1942)". Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Jens Thiis (1870–1942)". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "Ragna Thiis Stang". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Trond Marinus Indahl. "Helge Thiis". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

Other sources

  • Mæhle, Ole (1970) Jens Thiis, En kunstens forkjemper (Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag)
  • Sommerfeldt, W.P. (1946) Museumsdirektør Jens Thiis's forfatterskap

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