Eva Børresen
Also recorded as Eva Elisabeth Hecker · Eva Elisabeth Børresen
Eva Børresen
- Full name
- Eva Elisabeth Hecker.
- Born
- 1920. · Berlin.
- Died
- 2022. · Fredrikstad Municipality.
- Nationality
- Norway and Germany.
- Occupation
- ceramicist.
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• Name — Eva Børresen • Birth Name — Eva Elisabeth Hecker • Born — 1920 11 29 • Birthplace — Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany • Died — 2022 9 3 • Place of death — Fredrikstad, Norway • Education — State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart • Occupation — Ceramist • Relatives — Hilde Hagerup (granddaughter) Klaus Hagerup (son-in-law) Eva Elisabeth Børresen (29 November 1920 – 3 September 2022) was a Norwegian ceramist.
Biography
Born on 29 November 1920 in Berlin, Børresen studied under sculptor Alfred Lörcher at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart from 1937 to 1939. She married carpenter Runar Børresen in 1939, and they settled in Norway, first in Lillehammer. She established a ceramic workshop in Oslo in 1942, and moved to Trondheim in 1946. She was awarded a gold medal at the Milan Triennial in 1954. The family eventually moved to Bergen and later to Fredrikstad. She died in Fredrikstad on 3 September 2022. Børresen is represented at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
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