Lennart Rodhe (November 15, 1916 – January 17, 2005) was a
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artist, painter and printmaker.
Lennart Rodhe enrolled as a student in 1934 at Edward Berggrens studio at
Tekniska skolan
Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
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in Stockholm, and studied under Peter Rostrup-Boyesen i Copenhagen and at the
Royal University College of Fine Arts
The Royal Institute of Art ( sv, Kungliga Konsthögskolan) is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art,Sven X:et Erixon as teacher. He also studied anatomy at Kunstakademiet i Köpenhamn.
Lennart Rodhe is considered one of the most prominent of the Swedish modernists, notable as a professor at
Olle Bauman
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, although his strict methods of education based on the study of model drawing scared off some students.
He was also a member of
1947 års män
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Events
January
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(the men of the year 1947), who in 1947 exhibited at the exhibition ''Ung konst'' at Gallery Färg och Form at Brunkebergstorg in
Stockholm
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*''Lennart Rodhe'', by Ulf Linde, Bonniers små konstböcker 2, Stockholm, Sweden 1962
*''Lennart Rodhe'', by Thomas Millroth, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförenings publikation 98, Stockholm, Sweden 1989,
*''Lennart Rodhe'', Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden 1990,
*''Rumsbildning'', by Lars-Göran Oredsson, Kalejdoskop, Åhus, Sweden 1991,
*''Rodhe som Grafiker'', by Börje Magnusson och Thomas Millroth, Stockholm, Sweden 1993,
*''Bagateller'', by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1995,
*''Blockteckningar och reseskisser'', by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1995,
*''Kyrkogården - Växthuset'', by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1997,