Christian Koren-Wiberg

Johann Christian Koren-Wiberg (born October 10, 1870 in Bergen ; † March 22, 1945 there ) was a Norwegian cultural historian and artist.

Life

As a painter, draftsman and graphic artist, Koren-Wiberg was a student of the Norwegian painters Frithjof Smith-Hald and Fredrik Kolstø . Study trips took him through Europe (Italy, France, the Netherlands) and the United States. From 1909 he opened and directed an arts and crafts school in Bergen. At the same time he was director of the Hanseatic Museum in Bergen, founded by his father Johan Wilhelm Wiberg . Bergen owes him the preservation of Bryggen , where he also carried out extensive archaeological excavations at the beginning of the 20th century. In his numerous cultural-historical writings from 1899 he dealt intensively with the history of the mountain riders in Bergen.

Fonts (selection)

Det tyske Kontor in Bergen. 1899 (with drawings).
Jomfru Ebeneau. 1907.
Clamer Eberhard. Drama (first performed in 1913).
Mountain types then. In: Lesebok for Handels- og sjømannsskoler. Oslo 1940, pp. 186-190 ( runeberg.org ).

Honors

Honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg
Knight of the Saint Olav Order
Knight of the Order of Dannebrog
Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy
In 1953 the city of Bergen named a square on Bryggen, the Koren Wibergs plass , after him

literature

W. Keilhau: Koren-Wiberg [-'vi.bærg], Johan Christian . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kirkeskov – Kvadratrix . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1923, p. 512 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Koren-Wiberg, Christian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 505 .
Svensk uppslagsbok. Volume 15: Johansfors-Kimon. Svensk Uppslagsbok AB., Malmö 1950, p. 1075.
Norvall Skrei: Christian Koren Wiberg. In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . ( nbl.snl.no ).

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Koren-Wiberg, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Koren-Wiberg, Johan Christian (full name); Koren-Wiberg, Kristian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian cultural historian and artist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bergen (Norway)
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1945
Place of death	Bergen (Norway)