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Bengt Anders Valter (Bengtolle) Oldinger (November 3, 1911, in Åmål – March 31, 1988, in
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 ...
) was a Swedish painter, teacher, and draftsman.


Early life

After training as an elementary school teacher at the and as an opera singer, he studied painting with Otte Sköld in Stockholm in 1937, and with André Lhote in
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in 1947 and 1951. He was a teacher in until 1949.


Career

Primarily, Oldinger painted in oil and acrylic, and was a draftsman who captured people in motion with a few lines. In reviews, his strong coloring, safe brushwork, and ability to compose images are emphasized. His motifs were discovered on painting trips in some sixty countries. He was particularly stimulated by encounters with folk life and nature in
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, and he gladly returned to the autumn colors of the mountain world and to life on the square during summers in Åmål. In 1966 he was awarded a diploma at the Grand Prix International d'art contemporain de la Principauté de Monaco.


Exhibitions

In 1943 and 1950, solo exhibitions were held in Stockholm. Oldinger participated in group exhibitions in Spain in 1953 and 1954. Oldinger had a solo exhibition in 1958 at the . After his first exhibition at Galleri Paul Ambroise in Paris in 1959, he changed his signature from Bengtolle to Oldinger. He participated in collective exhibitions in Paris in 1960 and 1967. In 1964 he was represented at the Art Suèdois contemporain exhibition in the Musée Galerie in Paris He held a solo exhibition in 1967 at Gallery Paul Ambroise in Paris. In 1968, was inaugurated with Oldinger's solo exhibition and he had exhibitions at Galleri AE in Gothenburg and Galleri St Erik in Stockholm. In connection with his 70th birthday in 1981, a retrospective exhibition was held in Åmål's art gallery. In 2011, in connection with the 100th anniversary of his birth, exhibitions were held at Galleri Sander in Norrköping and at Galleri Kottla in Lidingö.


Collections

Oldinger is, among other things, represented in King Gustav VI Adolf's collections at the National Museum in Stockholm, the Tessin institute in Paris, the and the .


Personal life

Oldinger is buried at Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm.


References


Further reading

*Eva Oldinger: Bengtolle Oldinger - Ett konstnärsliv i glädje och färg, Stockholm 2011, 1911 births 1988 deaths Artists from Stockholm Burials at Skogskyrkogården People from Åmål Municipality 20th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters Artists from Västra Götaland County {{improve categories, date=October 2023