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The Museum of Sketches for Public Art (

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''Skissernas museum - Arkiv för dekorativ konst'', also known in English as the ''Archive of Decorative Art'') is an art museum at Lund University in Sweden, dedicated to the collection and display of sketches and drawings for contemporary monumental and public art, such as

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

s, sculpture and reliefs. The museum contains about 25,000 items, including sketches and contest entries by leading 20th-century Swedish artists such as

Isaac Grünewald Isaac Grünewald (2 September 1889 – 22 May 1946) was a Swedish-Jewish expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other ...

, other Nordic artists and foreign artists such as

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi- abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Moore produced ...

, Diego Rivera and Henri Matisse. The museum was founded in 1934 by Ragnar Josephson (1891–1966), professor of the History and Theory of Art at Lund University. Josephson, who wanted to collect material illuminating the creative process of the artist, wrote a book on the topic, ''Konstverkets födelse'' ("The Birth of the Work of Art", 1940), as well as many shorter studies. The collection opened to the public in 1941 in a building close to the Lund University Library. The original building was an old gymnastic hall; the architect

Hans Westman Hans Gustaf Westman (9 March 1905 – 17 November 1991) was a Swedish architect Biography Westman was born in the parish of Hökhuvud in Stockholm County, Sweden. He was sent to board at Herlufsholm School in Næstved, Denmark. After gradua ...

added a new section, and another addition, designed by Johan Celsing, was completed in 2005. The museum reopened in March 2005 after having been closed for construction work since 2001.

Gallery of the interior

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External links

Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art
in English, available in Swedish.

References

*Ellen H. Johnson, "Lund University's Archive for Decorative Art", ''Art Journal'' 20:2 (1960), pp. 96–97. {{authority control Lund University Art museums and galleries in Sweden University museums in Sweden Art museums established in 1941 1941 establishments in Sweden Museums in Skåne County Cartooning museums