Tone Vigeland
{{Short description|Norwegian jewellery designer (1938–2024)}}
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| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
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| alma_mater = Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
| occupation = Goldsmith/silversmith and jewellery designer
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| relatives = Emanuel Vigeland (grandfather)
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| awards = Prince Eugen Medal
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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 {{ill|Per Vigeland|no}} and Randi Helleberg. She was a granddaughter of painter Emanuel Vigeland,{{cite encyclopedia|title=Emmanuel Vigeland |first=Nils |last=Messel |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |editor-first=Knut |editor-last=Helle |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Emmanuel_Vigeland |language=Norwegian |access-date=19 March 2024}} and thus a niece of painter and sculptor Maria Vigeland.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Maria Vigeland |first=Jan |last=Kokkin |encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |editor-first= | editor-last= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://nkl.snl.no/Maria_Vigeland |language=no |accessdate=19 March 2024}} She was married to physician Atle Rønning Arnesen from 1963 to 1988. Vigeland died on 18 March 2024, at the age of 85.[https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/Q7n3KR/tone-vigeland-85-er-doed Tone Vigeland (85) er død: – En av Skandinavias ledende kunstnere] {{in lang|no}}
Career
Vigeland studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1955 to 1957, where she had goldsmiths {{ill|Oskar Sørensen|no}} and {{ill|Sigurd Alf Eriksen|no}} 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.
References
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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tone Vigeland |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Cecilie Malm |last=Brundtland |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Tone_Vigeland | language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 February 2017}}
{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tone Vigeland |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tone_Vigeland |language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 February 2017}}
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Category:Norwegian silversmiths
Category:Norwegian jewellery designers
Category:Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
Category:Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
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