Oscar Antonsson

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Oscar Arvid Antonsson (born January 31, 1898 in Lund , † February 23, 1960 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish art historian , draftsman and sculptor .

Morgon ( morning , 1940) in Karlskoga

Life

Oscar Antonsson studied art history at Lund University until 1923 and was awarded a doctorate in 1937 at Uppsala University with a dissertation on the Hermes des Praxiteles . From 1930 he worked at the National Museum in Stockholm, first as an assistant, from 1934 as curator, from 1944 as deputy director and from 1946 as director.

He went on study trips all over Europe and even as a student devoted himself to the fine arts, especially as a draftsman, but then above all as a sculptor with bronze sculptures.

Publications (selection)

  • The Praxiteles marble group in Olympia . Petterson, Stockholm 1937 (dissertation).
  • Sergels ungdom och Romtid . Norstedt, Stockholm 1942.
  • Antik konst. En konstbok från National Museum . Ehlins, Stockholm 1958.
  • with Boo von Malmborg : Gustaf III: s Antikmuseum på Stockholms Slott . Stockholm 1958.

literature

  • Antonsson, Oscar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 58 .
  • Magdalena Firesch: Antonsson, Oscar . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 4, Seemann, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-598-22744-2 , p. 454.

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SURNAME Antonsson, Oscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antonsson, Oscar Arvid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish art historian, draftsman and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Lund
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1960
Place of death Stockholm