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Vilna Jorgen Morpurgo (born Countess Adele Vilhelma Ludvikke Bykle-Larsen Nilsen Vik og Telemark, 10 June 1900 in Oslo; died 1975 in Sag Harbor) was a noted Scandinavian-American painter and sculptor. She represented Norway in both the 1939 New York World's Fair and the first art exhibit of the United Nations 1944. In the 1930s she defied both Hitler and Mussolini who had commissioned her to do a commemorative sculpture.
She was married to Erling Jorgensen until his death 1930. In 1933 she married Baron Attilio Giacomo Morpurgo, MD, and remained married until her death. In the 1920s-40s, her works were acquired by many Royal Collections (Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Italy) as well as the Moscow Art Museum. Some works are exhibited and circulated by Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American Museum| url=http://collections.vesterheim.org/items/show/458%7Cand are also frequently at auction on eBay.com |url=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=vilna+jorgen+morpurgo%7C.