Tulla (Bella) Blomberg Ranslet (born 15 May 1928, Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian painter and sculptor.Bornholm, Dumont Reise-Taschenbücher / Sabrine Neumnn & Horst Schwarty (page 49)
Biography Ranslet (née Blomberg) attended Issac Grünewald school in Stockholm in 1946 and later studied in the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. Per Krogh. Her first artistic appearance was with a wandering exhibition of Unge Kunstneres Samfund (U.K.S) in 1950. She was accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts the following year, where she met ceramist and sculptor Arne Ranslet. The two married in 1955 and moved to Bornholm where they had their three children – painter Pia Ranslet, sculptor Paul Ranslet and pilot Charlotte Pedersen.Kunstnerleksikon / Tove Køie & Ole Malmqvist page 162
Ranslet made her first appearance on the island in 1965, when her relief was exhibited at the local museum alongside the works of other artists. The artifact immediately caught the eye of the press and was sold soon later in Sweden. Following were numerous exhibitions in Norway and Sweden, as well as Tulla's winning of several prizes in contests initiated by Oslo's municipality – choosing her to decorate the new children's section of Oslo's public library and two schools in Norway.
Her works were also chosen to decorate schools and hospitals in Denmark, Sweden and (Germany), and an evangelical church in north Germany.Klippeøens kvinder og mænd, født og førte 2000 by Søren R. Wolff and Bornholms Tidens Forlag Tulla soon after started providing Skanska, a leading Swedish building company, with concrete reliefs used in building projects all over Europe.
She resumed painting in the 80s, combining motives from her surroundings – children, animals and life at the countryside – on very large canvases. She also found the inspiration for several of her reliefs and paintings in the circus world. She exhibited several times, mostly with her husband, in the next years, and received G.I. (Guarantee Income) from the Norwegian government in 1991. The couple moved to Spain where Tulla has a painting studio.Norsk Kunstnerleksikon / UniversitetsforlagetDansk Kunst Hånd Værker Leksikon/ Forlage Rhodos (1978), page 493-494
Works
Notable works A great deal of Tulla's work has been purchased by municipalities and placed in public institutions such as:
Large works
Noas Ark – Stoneware relief (1965).The 4.2 X 2.0 meter relief was first exhibited in Bornholm Museum in 1965 and was sold the following year and exhibited in Sweden and Norway. Eventyrbyen – Stoneware relief (1972).The 6.75-meter long relief shows a combination of fairytales from all over the world and is situated in the child section of Oslo's public library.Keramik / Gunnar Von Gergerfelt & Maiken Banner Wahlogren (page 68-69) Arne – Acryl on canvas.A painting of Arne Ranslet, the artist's husband. Røde Heste – Acryl on canvas (1984).Inspired by the Seveso disaster in Italy (1976). The painting symbolizes the dependence of human life on animals and a clean nature. Bortførelsen – Acryl on canvas (2000).A fantasy painting (The Abductio).
Other selected works Ymers øje – Stoneware relief (1968) Jerikos Mure – Stoneware relief (1966) Cirkusheste – Stoneware relief (1978) Orkester – Stoneware relief (1980) Musik klovn – Stoneware sculpture (1983) De blå heste – Acryl on canvas (1984)
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions
Conjoined exhibitions
Notes
References
External links Tulla Ranslet’s homepage Tulla Ranslet, Weilbach Art Lexicon