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Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd

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Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, photographed by Erling Mandelmann in 1964

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (4 June 1934 – 3 May 2016) was a Swedish painter and sculptor.

He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris 1951 and was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1965–1969. In 1974 he was a guest professor at Minneapolis School of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1986 he was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for painting.[1]

Reuterswärd died of pneumonia at a hospital in Landskrona, Sweden on 3 May 2016, aged 81.[2]

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An autobiographic trilogy

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  • 1988: Titta, jag är osynlig!, Gedins, reissued by Natur & Kultur, 2000 ISBN 91-7964-033-8
  • 1996: Alias Charlie Lavendel 1952-61, Natur & Kultur ISBN 91-7964-226-8
  • 2000: Closed for Holidays: memoarer, Natur & Kultur ISBN 91-27-08057-9

References

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  1. ^ "List of recipients 1945-2007" (PDF). Royal Court of Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ Daniel E. Slotnik (4 May 2016). "Carl Fredrik Reutersward, Known for Knotted-Gun Sculpture, Dies at 81". The New York Times.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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