Lennart Rodhe (November 15, 1916 – January 17, 2005) was a
Swedish
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artist, painter and printmaker.
Lennart Rodhe enrolled as a student in 1934 at Edward Berggrens studio at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm, and studied under Peter Rostrup-Boyesen i Copenhagen and at the
Royal University College of Fine Arts
The Royal Institute of Art () founded in 1735 is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art.Sven X:et Erixon as teacher. He also studied anatomy at Kunstakademiet i Köpenhamn.
Lennart Rodhe is considered one of the most prominent of the Swedish modernists, notable as a professor at
Royal University College of Fine Arts
The Royal Institute of Art () founded in 1735 is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art.Peter Dahl and Olle Bauman, although his strict methods of education based on the study of model drawing scared off some students.
He was also a member of
1947 års män
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Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
(the men of the year 1947), who in 1947 exhibited at the exhibition ''Ung konst'' at Gallery Färg och Form at Brunkebergstorg in
Stockholm
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. He was awarded the
Prince Eugen Medal
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The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthday of his brother Prince ...
for painting in 1967.
Books
*''Lennart Rodhe'', by Ulf Linde, Bonniers små konstböcker 2, Stockholm, Sweden 1962
*''Lennart Rodhe'', by Thomas Millroth, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförenings publikation 98, Stockholm, Sweden 1989,
*''Lennart Rodhe'', Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden 1990,
*''Rumsbildning'', by Lars-Göran Oredsson, Kalejdoskop, Åhus, Sweden 1991,
*''Rodhe som Grafiker'', by Börje Magnusson och Thomas Millroth, Stockholm, Sweden 1993,
*''Bagateller'', by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1995,
*''Blockteckningar och reseskisser'', by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1995,
*''Kyrkogården - Växthuset'', by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1997,