Axel Törneman
Johan Axel Gustaf Törneman (born October 28, 1880 in Persberg , Värmland , † December 26, 1925 in Stockholm ) was one of Sweden's earliest modernist painters.
Life
Törneman studied since 1899 at the Valand Art School in Gothenburg with Carl Wilhelmson .
After study trips through Scandinavian countries, he continued his art studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the Dachau painting school in the Dachau artists' colony with Adolf Hölzel . In Munich he was influenced by Art Nouveau .
Törneman then spent four years in Paris and in the village of Coudeville-sur-Mer in Brittany . In Paris he studied at the Académie Julian . In Paris he owned a studio on Rue de Bagneux. It was in this city that a number of pictures were taken with the interiors of Parisian cafés. Törneman showed his works in 1905 at the Paris Salon d'Automne .
Törneman married the Norwegian chanteuse Gudrun Høyer-Ellefsen (1875–1963) in Paris in 1908. His son Algot Törneman (1909–1993) became a furniture designer.
Back in Sweden , Törneman a. a. with commercial art and with murals and ceiling paintings.
Törneman was awarded a gold medal at the US Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915.
literature
- Georg Nordensvan : Törneman, Axel . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 30 : Tromsdalstind – Urakami . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1920, Sp. 790-791 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Georg Nordensvan: Törneman, Axel . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 38 : Supplement: Riksdagens bibliotek – Öyen; tillägg . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1926, Sp. 1060-1061 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Axel Holck : Törneman, Axel . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 24 : Tyskland – Vertere . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 132-133 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Törneman, Axel . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 244-245 .
- Witt Checklist 1978, p. 306
- Törneman, Axel. In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Volume 13, Paris 1999, p. 728 doi : 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00184094
- Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 9, p. 745
Web links
- Axel Törneman (Swedish, 1880–1925). artnet.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Törneman, Axel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Törneman, Johan Axel Gustaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Persberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1925 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |