Hans Krondahl (30 June 1929 – 2018) was a

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painter,

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weaver,

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and

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. He studied painting and textile art at

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, (State College of Arts, Crafts and Design) in

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from 1955 to 1960. Between 1959 and 1975, Krondahl designed textile designs for

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's textile division under Astrid Sampe. Krondahl set up his own studio in 1960 in

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, where he created tapestries and related artwork, and he also took up fabric designing for various Swedish companies. The studio closed in 1992. From the early 1960s Krondahl taught Textile Art and Design in various schools in Sweden and abroad. Periodically from 1974 on, Krondahl worked in the U.S. He held a position as Textile Design Expert for

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in 1979 and 1980. In 1981 Krondahl became head of the Crafts Department,

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and in 1988 he was appointed Professor of Textile Art at the same institution. In 1965 he was awarded the

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, and in 2002 he received the

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Literature and sources

*''The Design Encyclopedia'', MoMA, New York 2004. *''The Lunning Prize'', Nationalmuseum, cat. 489, Stockholm 1986. *''34 Scandinavian Designers'', (Möller, S.E.), Copenhagen 1967. *''Design since 1945'', (ed. Hiesinger, Kathryn.), Philadelphia 1983. *''Contemporary Textile Art'' (Talley, Charles S.), Uppsala 1982. *''Twentieth-Century Pattern Design''. (Jackson, Lesley) New York 2002. *''Hans Krondahl : textila verk''. (Lewenhaupt, Tonie & Stensman, Mailis). Stockholm 2009. *''Fiber Art Today'' (Carol K. Russell), Arglen, PA. Schiffer, 2011.

References

External links

*''Catalogue'', http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/search/citi/artist%3Ahans+krondahl *''WorldCat'', http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bks&q=Hans+Krondahl&fq=dt%3Abks *''Designarkivet'', http://www.designarkivet.se/en/index.php?pageid=29 *''Blog'', http://bigbigbigthings.com/2011/04/big-things-ahead-hans-2/ *''Swedish Artists'' http://www.svenskakonstnarer.se/start/plus_gallery.php?chr=&aid=3348 1929 births 2018 deaths Konstfack alumni Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Swedish textile artists 20th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 21st-century Swedish painters Swedish designers Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal 20th-century Swedish male artists 21st-century Swedish male artists {{Sweden-painter-stub