Biographical Data:

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 (from first New York exhibition at Fitch-Febvrel)
1991: Works purchased by the British Museum in London
2005: Died in Lomma



Selected Individual 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
         Malmö 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
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.


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