Tone Vigeland Explained

Tone Vigeland
Birth Date:6 August 1938
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Alma Mater:Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
Occupation:Goldsmith/silversmith and jewellery designer
Relatives:Emanuel Vigeland (grandfather)
Maria Vigeland (aunt)
Awards:Prince Eugen Medal
Order of St. Olav

Tone Vigeland (6 August 1938 – 18 March 2024) was a Norwegian goldsmith and silversmith and a jewellery designer.

Personal life

Vigeland was born on 6 August 1938 in Oslo to painter and Randi Helleberg. She was a granddaughter of painter Emanuel Vigeland,[1] and thus a niece of painter and sculptor Maria Vigeland.[2] She was married to physician Atle Rønning Arnesen from 1963 to 1988. Vigeland died on 18 March 2024, at the age of 85.[3]

Career

Vigeland studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1955 to 1957, where she had goldsmiths and as teachers.

Vigeland is represented in galleries worldwide, including the European Victoria and Albert Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne and Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, New York City museums Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Art and Design, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal in 1988, and was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1996.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Emmanuel Vigeland . Nils . Messel . . Knut . Helle . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 19 March 2024.
  2. Encyclopedia: Maria Vigeland . Jan . Kokkin . Norsk kunstnerleksikon . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 19 March 2024.
  3. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/Q7n3KR/tone-vigeland-85-er-doed Tone Vigeland (85) er død: – En av Skandinavias ledende kunstnere