Leif Østby

Leif Østby (2 January 1906 – 23 December 1988) was a Norwegian

Østby was born in Skjeberg in Østfold, Norway. His parents were Emil Augustinius Østby (1868-1937) and Klara Josefine Eeg (1870-1952). He graduated

Østby worked as a lecturer at Vestheim in Oslo from 1934-46. From 1934-36, he was also engaged by Norsk Portrettarkiv, the department which collected and preserved photographs for the National Archives. From 1935-37, he was an artist at Aftenposten. Between 1946-47 and 1966–70, he lectured in art history at the University of Oslo. In 1946 he became a conservator at the

He published several works on the history of art and on individual artists, including

Selected works

• Norges kunsthistorie (1938)
• Ung norsk malerkunst (1949)
• Norsk tegnekunst i Nasjonalgalleriet (1963)
• Verdens kunsthistorie with Ragna Thiis Stang (1963)
• Erik Werenskiold (1977)
• Fridtjof Nansen som kunstner (1980)

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