Liss Eriksson

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La Mano , Skövde (bronze model)

Liss Eriksson (born August 31, 1919 in Stockholm , Sweden ; † July 19, 2000 , ibid) was a Swedish sculptor and illustrator.

life and work

Liss Eriksson is a son of the sculptor Christian Eriksson (1858–1935) and grew up in Prästgårdsgata in Södermalm , where he opened his studio in 1975. He studied from 1939 to 1944 with Nils Sjögren and Eric Grate at the Kungliga Konsthögskolan Mejan in Stockholm. In 1947 he took part in the avant-garde exhibition Ung Konst (Jonge Art) in the Färg och gallery with others such as Arne Jones . He lived with his wife, the artist Britta Reich-Eriksson, in Paris from 1947 to 1951 , where he received lessons from the French sculptors Jean Osouf and Henri Laurens .

Works (selection)

  • 1944: Faster , Västertorp Sculpture Park in Stockholm
  • 1947: Sittande man , Värmlands Museum in Karlstad
  • 1949: Negerboxaren , Västmanläns Museum in Västerås
  • 1952: Mor och barm , Norrköping Museum in Eskilstuna
  • 1954: Oskuld , Västertorp Sculpture Park in Stockholm
  • 1954: Järnpojken of Pojke som tittar på Mänen , Bollhusgränd in Stockholm
  • 1954: La Mano (Monument to the Spanish Civil War - red granite ), Katarinavägen in Stockholm; a smaller example in bronze is in the Kulturhuset in Skövde
  • 1961: Huset , Kobjerstorget in Lund
  • 1965: Violoncellen , Sommervägen in Växjö
  • 1971: Fågelmannen , Torget in Arvika
  • 1973: Paret , Djurgården in Stockholm
  • 1993: Duo , Hällefors

photos

  • Faster in Stockholm

  • Oskuld in Stockholm

  • Monument La Mano in Stockholm

  • Detail van Huset in Lund

  • Fågelmannen in Arvika

Web links

Commons : Liss Eriksson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Illustration in Hällefors: "Universe" en "Duo"
personal data
SURNAME Eriksson, Liss
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 2000
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden