About the artist:

• 1912: Born in Malmö, Sweden • 1930: Begins natural science studies at the University of Lund • 1931: Settles in Lomma • 1934: Debut as a painter and draftsman at the annual exhibition of the Scanian Art Association, Malmö, Sweden • 1938: Receives Bachelor of Science degree in Botany, Chemistry and Genetics from University of Lund • 1942: First individual exhibition, of drawings, at the Malmö Museum of Art • 1951: Marriage to Ulla Sylvén • 1958: Stipend from the 70th Birthday Trust of King Gustaf VI Adolf • 1964: Participates in traveling exhibition of Swedish graphic art in the Soviet Union • 1979: Receives Prince Eugene Medal • 1980: Works purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library • 1991: Works purchased by the British Museum in London • 2005: Dies in Lomma, a month shy of his 93rd birthday Selected Solo Exhibitions 1942: Malmö Museum of Art 1945: Lorensberg Gallery, Göteborg 1947: Hahne Gallery, Stockholm 1950: Scania Museum of Art, Lund 1967: Höganäs Museum 1970: Kalmar Museum; Trelleborgs Museum 1972: Kristianstads Museum 1973: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 1975: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 1976: Galerie Leger, Malmö 1977: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 1978: Kunsthandel Haagen-Müller, Copenhagen; Galerie Leger, Malmö 1979: Fischer Fine Art, London; Galerie Leger, Malmö; La FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris 1980: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York 1981: Galerie Ditesheim, Neuchâtel; Galerie Thomas, Munich; Galerie Leger, Malmö 1982: Galerie Forum, Stockholm; Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf; Malmö Konsthall 1983: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York; Galerie Leger, Malmö; Gallery Mikimoto, Tokyo; Gallery Petit Formes, Osaka; Museo Rayo, Colombia; Pennsylvania State Univ. Museum of Art; Staempfli Gallery, New York; Valley House Gallery, Dallas 1984: Fischer Fine Art, London; Galerie Brusberg, Berlin and Hanover 1985: Galerie Ditesheim, Neuchâtel; Galerie Leger, Malmö; Galleria Forni, Bologna and Genoa 1986: Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris; Galerie Leger, Malmö; Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf; Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston; Varberg Museum 1987: Galerie Leger, Malmö; Galerie Astley, Uttersberg; Galerie Boibrino, Stockholm; Galerie Olab, Göteborg; Galerie Tempo, Stockholm 1988: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York; Galerie Leger, Malmö; Galleri Linné, Uppsala; Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 1990: Galerie Ditesheim, Düsseldorf; Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm 1992: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York; Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf; Museum of Art 1993: Lorensberg Gallery, Göteborg 1994: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm; Pucker Gallery, Boston 1995: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York; Höganäs Museum; Pucker Gallery, Boston 1996: Pucker Gallery, Boston 1997: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York; Pucker Gallery, Boston 1998: Galleri Linné, Uppsala 1999: Pucker Gallery, Boston 2000: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York 2002: Pucker Gallery, Boston; Malmö Museum of Art 2003: Pucker Gallery, Boston; Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, New York 2006: Pucker Gallery, Boston; Galerie Leger, Malmö Work represented in numerous private collections. Selected Publications April 29, 1983 New York Times Review May 20, 1988 New York Times Review June 23, 1995 New York Times Critics' Choices April 3, 1996 Tufts Daily Review April 4, 1996 Boston Globe Review December 2000 Artnet Review