Haaken Christensen Explained

Haaken Andreas Christensen
Birth Date:16 February 1924
Birth Place:Kristiania, Norway
Death Place:Oslo
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Art historian
Art collector
Gallerist
Known For:Galleri Haaken

Haaken Andreas Christensen (16 February 1924  - 9 April 2008) was a Norwegian art historian, art collector and gallerist.

He was born in Kristiania to Arne Christensen and Ingeborg Wiese.

Christensen graduated in art history from the University of Oslo in 1955. He opened his own gallery in Oslo in 1961, Galleri Haaken, which he was running for about forty years. Among his works is his thesis about Gustave Courbet, two books about Olivier Debré, essays on Serge Poliakoff, Horst Janssen and Alfred Manessier, and the memoir book En gallerists erindringer from 1985. He was decorated Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Haaken A Christensen . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Ole Rikard . Høisæther . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 27 February 2016.
  2. Encyclopedia: Haaken Christensen . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 27 February 2016.