Agi Lindegren
August (Agi) Lindegren (born August 29, 1858 in Hudiksvall , † December 16, 1927 in Drottningholm ) was a Swedish architect , painter and draftsman.
Life
Lindegren was the son of the businessman Thiodolf Lindegren and his wife Rosa Regnander. He studied from 1877 to 1882 at the Royal Technical University in Stockholm and for three more years at the art school in Sweden's capital. Like most artists of his time, he went on extensive study trips to France , Germany and Italy . During these years he was employed by a silk embroidery company in Paris as the designer of the templates.
After his permanent return to Sweden in 1888, Lindegren was initially entrusted with the interior decoration and restoration of various churches in Stockholm and the surrounding area. Various public companies and private individuals chose Lindegren as the architect for their representative buildings. Two of his most important works are the Gustav Wasa Church and the Biological Museum in Stockholm.
In addition to his work as an architect, Lindegren was active as a watercolor painter and illustrator of books. In 1899 he was elected representative of the Royal Academy of Art.
A cerebral hemorrhage in 1911 severely impaired Lindegren's performance. At that time he was the architect in charge of renovation work at Drottningholm Palace . After that he was only able to take part in the ongoing restoration work as an adviser.
Works (selection)
architecture
- Villa Gransäter in Boo (1886)
- New church ( Ny kyrka ) near Ottebol in Värmland (1887)
- Biological Museum in Stockholm (1893)
- Villa Skoga near Kolmården (1894)
- Nordic Museum in Stockholm, provisional additions for the Stockholm exhibition in 1897
- Villa Martin near Gripsholm (1897)
- Cassels Donation, concert and event house in Grängesberg (1898)
- House of the Freemasons in Härnösand (1900)
- Fire station in Kalmar (1906)
- Gustav Wasa Church in Stockholm (completed in 1906).
Restorations
- Västerås Cathedral (1896–98), decorations from 1895
- Trinity Church ( Helga Trefaldighets kyrka ) in Uppsala (1906)
- Mariakirche ( Mariakyrkan ) in Sigtuna (1906)
- Clara's Church in Stockholm (completed in 1907).
Decorations
Stockholm
- Johanneskirche (1889–90)
- Katharinenkirche (1892)
- Jakobskirche (1892–93)
- Hedwig Eleonora Church (1894)
- Gustav Adolf Church (1894)
- Adolf Friedrich Church (1895)
Other places
- Uppsala Cathedral (1890-93)
- Härnösand Cathedral (1895)
- Saint Olai Church in Norrköping (1891)
- Hedvig Church in Norrköping (1894)
- Ervallas Church , place near Örebro (1900).
Images (various works)
Biological Museum in Stockholm
Fire station in Kalmar
Hunting villa in Medstugan , place in Åre municipality
Porcelain room in Drottningholm Palace
Works
- Mariakyrkan i Westerås (1898)
literature
- Britt-Inger Johansson: I tidens style: arkitekten Agi Lindegrens liv och Verk: 1858–1927 . Raster, Stockholm 1997, ISBN 91-87214-75-X .
- Agi Lindegren . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 16 : Lee – Luvua . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 600-601 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tomas Ljung, Strövtåg i Ludvika ( ISBN 91-630-6747-1 )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindegren, Agi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindegren, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish architect, painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hudiksvall |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1927 |
| Place of death | Drottningholm |