Arnold Haukeland - Artist Info

About Arnold Haukeland

  • Biography

    Arnold Haukeland (28 March 1920 – 18 June 1983) was a Norwegian sculptor. He was born at Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of Arnold Martin Haukeland (1891–1977) and Lilly Karoline Wallem (1896–1969).

    He attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in Trondheim where he studied engineering. During the German occupation of Norway, he studied sculpture with Per Palle Storm and Stinius Fredriksen at the Illegal Academy. After the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II, he worked in the restoration studio of Nidaros Cathedral.

    In the spring of 1946 he was in Paris, where he briefly attended art school at Académie de la Grande Chaumiere. In 1946 Haukeland married photographer Randi Bothner (1921–20...

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