Liss Eriksson

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La Mano.
Aunt, granite, Västertorp Sculpture Park, Stockholm. Photo: Bengt Oberger
"Boy looking at the moon" at Bollhustäppan in Gamla stan.

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

Life[]

The son of the sculptor (1858-1935), Liss Eriksson grew up on on Södermalm in southern-central Stockholm. Following his studies at the College of Fine Arts for Nils Sjögren and Eric Grate in 1939-1944, Liss participated in the pioneering exhibition in 1947, before spending five years in Paris together with his wife, the artist , to study for and Henri Laurens. 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 retable for the church Katarina kyrka, near his home.[1][2]

List of works[]

  • Pojke som tittar på månen ("Boy Looking at the Moon"), Stockholm, 1967
  • La Mano, (Spanish: The Hand), Stockholm, 1977
  • Paret, 1976, Stockholm [3]
  • Huset ("The House"), Lund
  • Korsgestalten och Den uppståndne ("The Crucified and the Risen"), Strömstad
  • Ögat ("The Eye"), Norrtälje
  • La Pucelle (French: The Virginity), 1950, Lidingö
  • Stående kvinna ("Standing Woman")[4]
  • Mor och barn ("Mother and child")[5]
  • Ciss III - porträtthuvud ("Ciss III - Portrait")[6]
  • Faster ("Aunt"), Västertorp[7]
  • FN-monumentet ("The UN Monument"), Djurgården
  • Den dövstumme negern ("The Deaf-mute Negro")[8]
  • Källan ("The Source"), Stockholm[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Skulpturvandring Liss Eriksson". City of Arvika. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  2. ^ "Liss Eriksson". Cultural Society of Gnesta (Gnesta Kulturförening). September 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  3. ^ Art in Uppsala
  4. ^ artnet
  5. ^ artnet
  6. ^ artnet
  7. ^ City of Stockholm
  8. ^ "Den dövstumme negern". Bukowski. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  9. ^ A P Sten[permanent dead link]


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