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Hanna Jessen
Hanna Jessen (born 29 June 1907 in Kristiania, died 11 October 1973 in Oslo) was a Norwegian sculptor, lecturer and non-fiction author. Early life and educationHanna Jessen was the daughter of engineer Christian Jessen and Olga Jessen (born Corneliussen).[1] Jessen studied sculptor with Torbjørn Alvsåker, Wilhelm Rasmussen, Antoine Bourdelle and Ossip Zadkine as teachers. She also spent some time studying in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.[2] CareerIn 1934, the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design purchased the bronze bust Helene. This was a work Jessen had completed the year before, and it was purchased for funds from Benneche's endowment.[3] In 1950, she showed three works at "The Official Finnish Exhibition" in Oslo: Liv, which belonged to Larvik, as well as Synnøve (a portrait in soapstone of the textile artist Synnøve Anker Aurdal[2]), a sculpture in soapstone, and Piken med blokfløyten, which was carved in granite.[4] A child's portrait in bronze from 1954, titled Piken med fuglen was installed in Schous plass in Oslo.[5][6] Piken med fuglen was a testementary gift to the city from Liv Skavlan Reiss.[7] In Oslo, there is also the bronze sculpture Barn som lærer å gå (1962); this work was placed at the base of a pool in the Ditten complex in Akersgata 55.[6][7] Selvaagbygg A/S donated a soapstone sculpture by Jessen to be placed at the intersection of Veitvetveien/Grevlingveien in Veitvet; the motif is a mother holding her small child.[7] Among other works by Jessen is a portrait bust of her sculptor colleague Emma Matthiasen,[8] and a portrait of the singer Gudrun Grave Nordlund (1956).[5] A sculpture of a girl in bronze is located in a flower bed in Herregården in Larvik, and both Askim and Haugesund municipalities own examples of her bronze sculpture Fløytespilleren.[2] She has made several war memorials, including the three metre high memorial at Nyborg kirke in Nyborg i Åsane. The memorial has reliefs in a variant of dragestil among its motifs.[2] Jessen was elected to the supervisory board of Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, as a representative of sculptors, in 1952/1953/1954. She was re-elected to the supervisory board in 1967/1968/1969, and again in 1970/1971/1972. She was again reelected in 1973/1974/1975, but died in 1973.[9] In 1955, Jessen was one of the winners in a competition to design a memorial for the actress Johanne Dybwad.[2] Teaching workJessen spent many years as a private sculpture teacher, before becoming senior lecturer at Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole.[1] She worked at the school until her death in 1973.[10] WritingIn 1960, Jessen published the book Modellering som hobby : forming i leire, brenning og gipsstøping, stein og tre from Fabritius publishing [5] References
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