Norwegian museum director and art historian (1950–2018)

Jan-Lauritz Opstad (4 November 1950 – 21 November 2018) was a Norwegian museum director and art historian.

Biography

He was born in Sarpsborg, Norway as a son of Lauritz Opstad (1917-2003).His father was director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.

He had a master's degree in art history from the University of Oslo in 1978 with an *ignment on Norwegian enamel art 1880-1914.In 1979 he was hired as director of the Nordenfjeld Art Museum (Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum) in Trondheim, a position he held until 2013. His special field is enameling history, and important books include Norsk emalje: Kunsthåndverk i verdenstoppen (1994).

Selected works

• Norsk art nouveau (1979)
• Ny norsk gullsmedkunst (1983)
• En ny bevissthet:: norsk kunsthåndverk 1970-1990 (1989)
• Norsk emalje:: kunsthåndverk i verdenstoppen (1994)
• Paa Trondhjemsk vis:: selskapskultur og skjulte matskatter fra 1700 til 1900 (2003)

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