Engelbert Bertel-Nordström (19 April 1884 – 22 August 1967) was a Swedish

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. Born in Finland, Bertel-Nordström moved to Sweden in 1914. He married the artist and sculptor

Ninnan Santesson Gertrud Paulina Santesson (14 December 1891 – 14 January 1969) was a Swedish artist and sculptor. Santesson's monumental sculptures and intimate portraits of her contemporaneous women artists are regarded as her greatest creative triumphs. Li ...

there in 1917.

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