Gunnar Cederschiöld (né Mathias Gunnar Cederschiöld; 30 July 1887 – 21 November 1949) was a Swedish author, artist, school director, and
fencer.
Biography
Gunnar Cederschiöld was born as Mathias Gunnar Cederschiöld on 30 July 1887, in
Skåne
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, Sweden. He graduated secondary school in
Gothenburg
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in 1906. He studied painting at
Valand Academy
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It was formed in 2012 through the merger of three formerly independent schools/departments at the ...
in Gothenburg, and continued his art studies in
Copenhagen
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, followed by
Paris
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at
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière () is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France.
History
The school was founded in 1904 by the Catalan painter Claudio Castelucho on the rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, near the A ...
, and as a private student under painter
Théophile Steinlen
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. He was politically engaged and collaborated with the anarchist and socialist press.
Biography
Born in Lausanne ...
.
As a writer he became known first through letters on Paris to Swedish newspapers, then during and after
World War I
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through lively and vivid depictions which, even when having the character of novels, by their type are skilled journalism. They are collected in a series of books illustrated with Cederschiöld's quickly accomplished drawings.
In 1919 Cederschiöld was managing director of AB France-Afrique in Paris, president of the
Académie Scandinave
Académie Scandinave (English: ''Scandinavian Academy'') was a private art academy in Paris that existed between 1919 and 1935. The school was located in the Maison Watteau art gallery, at no. 6 rue Jules-Chaplain. It was free and focused on figu ...
in Paris, and the director for Société genérale des Allumettes in 1927.
He competed in the individual and team
épée
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events at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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.
Gunnar Cederschiöld was married to the daughter and only child of sociologist
Gustaf F. Steffen. The couple had three children.
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Bibliography
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* ''Livstidsfången och andra berättelser' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1918. LIBRIS
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* ''I skärselden och på andra ställen'' Stockholm: Hökerberg. 1931. LIBRIS
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* ''Han blev miljonär : roman. Stockholm: Natur o. kultur'' 1947. LIBRIS
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* ''Bland artister och hyggligt folk i Paris'' Stockholm: Ljus. 1915. LIBRIS
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* ''I väntan på segern : studier från Frankrike under kriget'' Lund: Gleerup. 1915. LIBRIS
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* ''Infödingarna på Manhattan : studier och stämningar från New York'' Stockholm: Ljus. 1916. LIBRIS
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* ''Negrer : studier och äventyr i Franska Västafrika'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1917. LIBRIS
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* ''Äro vi rustade för det ekonomiska kriget'' Stockholm: Sv. andelsförl. 1917. LIBRIS
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* ''Elsass-Lothringen : studier'' Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup. 1918. LIBRIS
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* ''Maghreb : nutidsbilder från det gamla moriska väldet i Europa och Afrika'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1918. LIBRIS
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* ''Segraren och några av hans hjälpare'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1919. LIBRIS
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* ''Upp- och nedvända världen'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1919. LIBRIS
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* ''Tretton år med Ivar Kreuger
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'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1937. LIBRIS
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* ''Sviker Sverige?'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1943. LIBRIS
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* ''Rusta fredsarmén'' Stockholm: Kooperativa förbundets bokförlag. 1944. LIBRIS
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* ''Som handelsresande i Latinamerika'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1944. LIBRIS
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* ''Den svenska tändsticksindustriens historia före de stora sammanslagningarna'' Stockholm. 1945. LIBRIS
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* ''Ä' vi så'na?'' Stockholm: Ljus. 1945. LIBRIS
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* ''Ja, se pojkar'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1948. LIBRIS
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Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populo ...
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* ''Efter levande modell'' Stockholm: Natur o. Kultur. 1949. LIBRIS
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References
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1887 births
1949 deaths
Gunnar
Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...
Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers for Sweden
Sportspeople from Skåne County
Swedish educators
Swedish male épée fencers
Swedish painters
Artists from Skåne County