Eva Børresen | |
Birth Name: | Eva Elisabeth Hecker |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1920 |
Birth Place: | Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany |
Death Place: | Fredrikstad, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Alma Mater: | 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.
Born on 29 November 1920 in Berlin, Børresen studied under sculptor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart from 1937 to 1939.[1] 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.[2]
Børresen is represented at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.[3]