Liss Eriksson (31 August 1919 – 19 July 2000) was a Swedish sculptor.

Life

The son of the sculptor Christian Eriksson (1858–1935), Liss Eriksson grew up on Maria Prästgårdsgatan on

Södermalm Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is the southern district of Stockholm City Centre. Overview The Södermalm district covers the island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''), which, however, is not fully separated from th ...

in southern-central

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Following his studies at the College of Fine Arts for Nils Sjögren and Eric Grate in 1939–1944, Liss participated in the pioneering exhibition Ung Konst in 1947, before spending five years in Paris together with his wife, the artist Britta Reich-Eriksson, to study for Jean Osouf and Henri Laurens. He returned to Stockholm in 1951, in 1975 succeeding the studio of his father previously used by Sven 'X:et' Erixson (1899–1970). During his last years, he was working on a

retable A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church. At the minimum, it may be a simple shelf for candles behind an altar, but it can also be a large and elaborate struct ...

for the church

Katarina Church Katarina kyrka (''Church of Catherine'') is one of the major churches in central Stockholm, Sweden. The original building was constructed 1656–1695. It has been rebuilt twice after being destroyed by fires, the second time during the 199 ...

, near his home.

List of works

* ''Pojke som tittar på månen'' ("Boy Looking at the Moon"),

, 1967 * ''La Mano'', (), Stockholm, 1977 * ''Paret'', 1976, Stockholm * ''Huset'' ("The House"),

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

* ''Korsgestalten och Den uppståndne'' ("The Crucified and the Risen"), Strömstad * ''Ögat'' ("The Eye"),

Norrtälje Norrtälje is a locality and the seat of Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 17,275 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the largest towns in Roslagen. History Norrtälje’s early history dates back to the Iron Age. Around 2 ...

* ''La Pucelle'' (), 1950,

Lidingö Lidingö (), also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet, is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2023, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 48,162. It is the ...

* ''Stående kvinna'' ("Standing Woman") * ''Mor och barn'' ("Mother and child") * ''Ciss III – porträtthuvud'' ("Ciss III – Portrait") * ''Faster'' ("Aunt"), Västertorp * ''FN-monumentet'' ("The UN Monument"),

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, , is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small resident ...

* ''Den dövstumme negern'' ("The Deaf-mute Negro") * ''Källan'' ("The Source"),

A P Sten
/ref>

References

1919 births 2000 deaths Swedish male sculptors 20th-century Swedish sculptors Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal Sculptors from Stockholm {{Sweden-sculptor-stub