Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (4 June 1934 – 3 May 2016) was a Swedish painter and sculptor.
He studied with
Fernand Léger
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painting, painter, sculpture, sculptor, and film director, filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually ...
in Paris 1951 and was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in
Stockholm
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1965–1969. In 1974 he was a guest professor at
Minneapolis School of Art,
Minneapolis
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, Minnesota. In 1986 he was awarded the
Prince Eugen Medal for painting.
Reuterswärd died of
pneumonia
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at a hospital in
Landskrona
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, Sweden on 3 May 2016, aged 81.
Gallery
Non violence sculpture by carl fredrik reutersward malmo sweden.jpg, ''Non-violence'' in Malmö, Sweden
TakeCareOfTheEarth.JPG, The bronze sculpture ''Var rädd om jorden'' (Take Care of the Earth), inaugurated on 25 November 2011 in Borås, Sweden
An autobiographic trilogy
*1988: ''Titta, jag är osynlig!'', Gedins, reissued by
Natur & Kultur
Natur & Kultur is a Swedish publishing foundation with its head office in Stockholm. It is known for an extensive series of teaching materials, and its logotype is an apple tree.
Overview
The publishing house was founded in 1922 by Johan H ...
, 2000
*1996: ''Alias Charlie Lavendel 1952-61'', Natur & Kultur
*2000: ''Closed for Holidays: memoarer'', Natur & Kultur
References
External links
ArtifactsMOMA
*http://www.sydsvenskan.se/familj/dodsfall/konstnaren-carl-fredrik-reutersward-har-avlidit/
1934 births
2016 deaths
Swedish male sculptors
Painters from Stockholm
Sculptors from Stockholm
Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
Deaths from pneumonia in Sweden
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