Kåre Jonsborg

He studied under Axel Revold, Jean Heiberg and Georg Jacobsen at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo from 1933-38.

He also created a vast production of figurative paintings and tapestry designs including at Steinkjer Church.

For many years he had a fruitful partnership with textile artist Else Halling (1899-1987), aiming to find a useful range of plant dyes for dying wool from spelsau.

[5] He was an invited participant at the international biennale, "Biennale internationale de tapisserie" in the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne and is discussed in the work of Pierre Verlet-Michel Florisone and Adolf Hoffmeister-Francois Tabard: Le grand livre de la tapisserie (Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1965).

He was awarded a number of distinctions including Schlytters og Mohrs legat (1939), Statens reisestipend (1952) and Thomas Fearnleys Minnestipend (1955).

Design for tapestry "Sommerdans" ("Summer Dance") - This picture represented Norway in a series of postcards showing work of one selected artist from each European country, published by UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund just before 1980. The design is displayed in Voksenåsen Hotel, Oslo.
Tapestry, Lilletorget in the Town Hall of Oslo. Design by Kåre Jonsborg, woven by Else Halling 1952- 1953. Dimensions 2,5 m x 4,4 m.
Billedteppe, Saw Mill , 2,5 x 2,5 m in Oslo Town Hall, by Kåre Jonsborg, woven by Else Halling 1952 - 1953.
Tapestries displayed in the festive hall, Oslo Town Hall, by Kåre Jonsborg, woven by Else Halling 1952 - 1953.