Hanna Jessen

Hanna Jessen (born 29 June 1907 in Kristiania, died 11 October 1973 in Oslo) was a Norwegian sculptor, lecturer and non-fiction author.

Early life and education Hanna Jessen was the daughter of engineer Christian Jessen and Olga Jessen (born Corneliussen). Jessen studied sculptor with Torbjørn Alvsåker, Wilhelm Rasmussen, Antoine Bourdelle and Ossip Zadkine as teachers. She also spent some time studying in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.

Career In 1934, the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design purchased the bronze bust Helene. This was a work Jessen had completed the year before, and it was purchased for funds from Benneche's endowment.

In 1950, she showed three works at "The Official Finnish Exhibition" in Oslo: Liv, which belonged to Larvik, as well as Synnøve (a portrait in soapstone of the textile artist Synnøve Anker Aurdal

A child's portrait in bronze from 1954, titled Piken med fuglen was installed in Schous plass in Oslo. Piken med fuglen was a testementary gift to the city from Liv Skavlan Reiss. In Oslo, there is also the bronze sculpture Barn som lærer å gå (1962); this work was placed at the base of a pool in the Ditten complex in Akersgata 55. and a portrait of the singer Gudrun Grave Nordlund (1956).

In 1955, Jessen was one of the winners in a competition to design a memorial for the actress Johanne Dybwad.

Writing In 1960, Jessen published the book Modellering som hobby : forming i leire, brenning og gipsstøping, stein og tre from Fabritius publishing