About Leif Østby
Lived 1906 – 1988 (aged 82). Leif Østby was a Norwegian art historian.
Leif Østby (2 January 1906 – 23 December 1988) was a Norwegian art historian. He was the first Conservator at the National Gallery of Norway from 1949-73.
Biography Østby was born in Skjeberg in Østfold, Norway. His parents were Emil Augustinius Østby (1868-1937) and Klara Josefine Eeg (1870-1952). He graduated artium at Sarpsborg in 1925 and became Cand.philol. in 1933 with a history major.
Selected works Norges kunsthistorie (1938) Ung norsk malerkunst (1949) Norsk tegnekunst i Nasjonalgalleriet (1963) Verdens kunsthistorie with Ragna Thiis Stang (1963) Erik Werenskiold (1977) Fridtjof Nansen som kunstner (1980)
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Who was Leif Østby?
Norwegian art historian
When was Leif Østby born?
Leif Østby was born on 2 January 1906 in Skjeberg Municipality.
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Leif Østby died on 23 December 1988.
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Leif Østby was an art historian.
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Leif Østby was Norwegian.
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