Cecilie Broch Knudsen, Date of Birth

    

Cecilie Broch Knudsen

Artist, academic administrator

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1950

Profession: artist, illustrator, painter

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Cecilie Broch Knudsen

  • Cecilie Broch Knudsen (born 3 January 1950) is a Norwegian artist who was rector of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts from August 2007 to August 2015. She was born in New York City as a daughter of diplomat Ditlef Knudsen (1911–1981) and Anna Sophie Broch (1918–2000), and grew up in several countries where her father was stationed; Canada, Turkey, Thailand and Chile.
  • She is a graduate of the National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, the National Academy of Fine Arts and the teachers' college Statens yrkespedagogiske høyskole.
  • She started her career as a painter, illustrator and graphic designer.From 1996 to 2007 she was the rector of Einar Granum Kunstfagskole, a preparatory art school.
  • In 2007 she edged out Anders Eiebakke to become the new rector of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, a merger between two of the academies where she studied as well as three others.
  • During her tenure as rector, the institution became fully co-located in the former Christiania Seildugsfabrikk.Knudsen has chaired the board of Trafo Art Hall in Asker and has been a board member of the Jewish Museum in Oslo, and Talent Norway.Knudsen resides at Uranienborg, Oslo.
  • She was in a relationship to painter Odd Nerdrum from 1977 to 1991.
  • Together, they had three daughters.
  • Quarrels between Knudsen and Nerdrum have surfaced and reached national media on several occasions.
  • In 2011, Nerdrum was on trial for tax fraud, and publicly accused Knudsen of tipping off the tax authorities.
  • In 2014, she sued Nerdrum over the inheritance of Nerdrum's deceased mother's house.

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