Elisabeth Haarr
{{Short description|Norwegian artist (1945–2025)}}
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| death_place = Kristiansand, Norway
| nationality = Norwegian
| education = Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole
| field = Textile art
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Elisabeth Astrup Haarr (30 January 1945 – 4 January 2025)[https://andas.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=4408718&set_site_id=283&cat=ads&sign=07c0a46976293cedd68c262596250b55 Death notice] was a Norwegian artist.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMBHAQAAIAAJ&q=elisabeth+haarr+1945 |title = Haarer - Hahs: 67|isbn = 9783598230349|year = 2010| publisher=De Gruyter }}{{cite web |title=On Beauty: Textile Aesthetics within a Feminist Perspective |url=https://kunsthallstavanger.no/en/events/on-beauty-textile-aesthetics-within-a-feminist-perspective |website=Kunsthall Stavanger |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=en}} Haarr is known for her textile works, which often take the form of sculptures or installations.{{cite web |last1=Gorlick |first1=Molly |title=Feminism in Textiles: Elisabeth Haarr |url=http://textileartscenter.com/blog/feminism-in-textiles-elisabeth-haarr/ |website=Textile Arts Center |accessdate=17 December 2019 |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216234102/http://textileartscenter.com/blog/feminism-in-textiles-elisabeth-haarr/ |url-status=dead }}
Background
Haarr was born on 30 January 1945 in Hamar, Norway.{{cite web |title=Haarr, Elisabeth Astrup (1945 - ) [no] - KulturNav |url=https://kulturnav.org/bc49fdd6-edc0-4fd9-aed6-ba569af6675b |website=KulturNav |accessdate=17 December 2019}} She attended the Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole from 1964 through 1967.{{cite web |last1=Danbolt |first1=Hjørdis |title=Elisabeth Astrup Haarr |url=https://nkl.snl.no/Elisabeth_Astrup_Haarr |website=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=no |date=20 February 2017}}
On 4 January 2025, it was announced that Haarr had died at the age of 78.{{cite news |title=Elisabeth Astrup Haarr er død: – En av våre største kunstnere |url=https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/o3l9x7/elisabeth-astrup-haarr-er-doed-en-av-vaare-stoerste-kunstnere |access-date=4 January 2025 |publisher=FVN |date=4 January 2025}}
Style and themes
Haarr's woven works incorporate a variety of techniques from pre-Columbian through Bauhaus (particularly Anni Albers) and rya rug weaving. She includes non-traditional materials such as grocery bags and other types of plastic, nylon and polyester in her work. Her work often have political themes such as the place of women in Norway and the fight against oppression.
Haarr's first solo exhibition was in 1973 at the Oslo Art Association after exhibiting in an experimental textile biennial in Spain.{{cite book |title=Great Women Artists |year=2019 |publisher=Phaidon Press |isbn=978-0714878775 |page=168}} She went on to have solo exhibitions at the Asker museum, Tromsø Kunstforenin, Bodø Kunstforening, Ålesund Kunstforening, and Unge Kunstneres Samfunn.
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo,{{cite web |title=Elisabeth Haarr, De løyerlige familier |url=http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/object/NMK.2017.0204.004 |website=Nasjonalmuseet |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=en}} the National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim{{cite web |title=Dansetime [Skulptur] |url=https://digitaltmuseum.org/021068458043/dansetime-skulptur |website=Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=en}} and the Norwegian Crafts Foundation.{{cite web |title=Building a Collection |url=http://www.norwegiancrafts.no/articles/building-a-collection |website=Norwegian Crafts |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=en}} Her public works include pieces at the University of Tromsø, Roskilde University, and the Norwegian Cultural Council.
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External links
- [http://textileartscenter.com/blog/feminism-in-textiles-elisabeth-haarr/ images of Haarr's work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216234102/http://textileartscenter.com/blog/feminism-in-textiles-elisabeth-haarr/ |date=December 16, 2019}} on the Textile Arts Center
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Category:20th-century Norwegian women artists
Category:21st-century Norwegian women artists
Category:20th-century women textile artists
Category:20th-century textile artists
Category:21st-century women textile artists