Nic. Stang

Nicolay Milberg Stang (21 April 1908 – 15 July 1971) was a Norwegian academic art historian, classical philologist, editor and author. [1]

Nic. Stang
Born
Nicolay Milberg Stang

(1908-04-21)21 April 1908
Kristiansand, Norway
Died15 July 1971(1971-07-15) (aged 63)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationArt historian
Spouse(s)Ragna Thiis Stang
ChildrenTove Stang Dahl
Nina Thiis Stang

Biography

Nicolay Stang was born at Kristiansand in Vest-Agder County, Norway. He was the son of Johan Ludvig Heyerdahl Stang (1874–1945) and Emilie Charlotte Milberg (1876–1965). He graduated artium from the Hamar Cathedral School in 1926. He earned his cand.philol. in Latin during 1933 from the University of Oslo. [2]

He was a lecturer in the Oslo and Tanum school systems from 1935-38. He was editorial secretary of Fritt Ord from 1936-37. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Strang was arrested in November 1940 and spent 18 months in solitary confinement at Møllergata 19 in Oslo. Stang was released in April 1943 with a pledge to abstain from any illegal activities.

He worked in literary pursuits with his wife, Ragna, who managed the legacy of her deceased father, the art historian Jens Thiis. Starting in 1945, he contributed both as a columnist and critic with Arbeiderbladet. He also founded the literary magazine Vinduet, being its first editor 1947 – 1951. He became dr.philos. in 1957 with his dissertation on Renaissance Florence (Livet og kunsten i ungrenessansens Firenze). Stang received an annual government scholarship starting from 1962.[3]

Personal life

He was married to art historian Ragna Thiis Stang (1909-78). They were the parents of Nina Thiis Stang (1944–78) who for NORAD and Tove Stang Dahl (1938–93) was married to historian Hans Fredrik Dahl. His wife and daughter Nina died in a car collision on a road from Nairobi to Mombasa in Kenya on 29 March 1978. [4][5]

Selected works
  • Italiensk renessansekunst i bilder med tekst (1944) with Ragna Stang
  • Demokratisk gjenfødelse (1945)
  • Tidskifte i maleri og skjønnlitteratur (1946)
  • Leonardo da Vinci (1949) with Ragna Stang
  • Hverdag blant italienere (1959) illustrated by Chrix Dahl
  • Edvard Munch (1971) with Ragna Stang

References
  1. Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Nic Stang". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  2. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Stang – slekt fra Aremark". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. "Nic Stang". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  4. "Ragna Stang". Kunsthistorikere. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  5. Anne Hellum. "Tove Stang Dahl". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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