Liss Eriksson (31 August 1919–19 July 2000) was a

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Life

The son of the sculptor Christian Eriksson (1858-1935), Liss Eriksson grew up on Maria Prästgårdsgatan on

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in southern-central Stockholm. Following his studies at the

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for

Nils Sjögren Nils A G Sjögren (1894 - 1952) was a Swedish sculptor. Works, a selection *Relief in the Engelbrekt room in Örebro Castle (1928) *Statues at Stockholm Public Library (1928), bronze (''Adam'', ''Eva'' and ''Krigarfigur) *''Vasabrunnen'' (1 ...

and Eric Grate in 1939–1944, Liss participated in the pioneering exhibition Ung Konst in 1947, before spending five years in Paris together with his wife, the artist Britta Reich-Eriksson, to study for Jean Osouf and

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. He returned to Stockholm in 1951, in 1975 succeeding the studio of his father previously used by Sven 'X:et' Erixson (1899-1970). During his last years, he was working on a

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for the church

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, near his home.

List of works

* ''Pojke som tittar på månen'' ("Boy Looking at the Moon"), Stockholm, 1967 * ''La Mano'', ( es, The Hand), Stockholm, 1977 * ''Paret'', 1976, Stockholm * ''Huset'' ("The House"), Lund * ''Korsgestalten och Den uppståndne'' ("The Crucified and the Risen"),

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* ''Ögat'' ("The Eye"),

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* ''La Pucelle'' (french: The Virginity), 1950,

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* ''Stående kvinna'' ("Standing Woman") * ''Mor och barn'' ("Mother and child") * ''Ciss III - porträtthuvud'' ("Ciss III - Portrait") * ''Faster'' ("Aunt"), Västertorp * ''FN-monumentet'' ("The UN Monument"),

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* ''Den dövstumme negern'' ("The Deaf-mute Negro") * ''Källan'' ("The Source"), StockholmA P Sten
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References

1919 births 2000 deaths Swedish male sculptors 20th-century Swedish sculptors Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal {{Sweden-sculptor-stub