Iwar Donnér

Iwar Donnér
Born	(1884-03-31)31 March 1884 Sölvesborg, Sweden
Died	1964 Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse(s)	Cätschen Looft (1915) Astrid Cassel (1930-38)

Nils Olof Iwar Donnér, who went by the name Iwar Donnér, ((1884-03-31)31 March 1884 – 1964) was a Swedish artist and illustrator

Early life

Iwar Donnér was born in Sölvesborg in 1884 to August Donner, who was the mayor of the town, and Alma Lundgren Donner. At a young age he went to see above the British ship Ewardina that cruised between the UK and Rangoon, until she sank whilst he was on leave in Liverpool. Donnér began studying art at Valand Academy in Gothenburg, which was followed by a ten-year period 1910–20 in Copenhagen where he made the acquaintance of the Swedish female author Ulla Bjerne. In the years 1920-22 he was in Paris, where he studied under L'hote and Arogeau, and later returned to Paris and travelled extensively in the Mediterranean.

Artistic career

During his stay in Copenhagen Donnér made his name as an illustrator drawing humorous cartoons for the Danish newspaper Politiken, and later worked for Dagens Nyheter and Stockholms-Tidningen. From 1919 onwards he began to focus more on painting works of art, with his art being exhibited in Stockholm in 1940, in Örebro in 1941 and in Norrköping and Västerås in 1942. His works contained sailing and Mediterranean motifs.

Personal life

In 1915 he was married to Cätschen Looft, and from 1930–38 to Astrid Cassel.