Gunnar Torhamn - Artist Info

About Gunnar Torhamn

  • Biography from Uppsala (also see Stockholms Auktionsverk)

    Gunnar Torhamn was born as Gunnar Olsson in 1894 in Konungshamn, Torhamn in Blekinge, Sweden. He showed artistic talent at a young age and traveled to Stockholm to study at the Royal Academy of Arts. During his studies, he discovered painting and impressed with his technical skill. He met his future wife, Ingegerd, at the Academy of Fine Arts and they shared a passion for art. Ingegerd was also a successful artist and known for her textile works. The auction's portrait is an early work made by Gunnar Torhamn in 1920, possibly depicting his future wife. The portrait is an intimate and stripped-down depiction of the woman

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