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1932 Karlskrona, Sweden - 2015 Karlskrona, Sweden. Known for: Abstract landscape, marine, and fish painting, printmaking.
Hans Anders Krister Wigert, born October 8, 1932 in Karlskrona, died July 9, 2015 in Stavsnäs, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Major Carl-Gustaf Wigert and Elsa von Reis... Read full biography
Hans Anders Krister Wigert, born October 8, 1932 in Karlskrona, died July 9, 2015 in Stavsnäs, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Major Carl-Gustaf Wigert and Elsa von Reis and from 1962 married to the ballet teacher Ann-Margret Louise Holmgren. Wigert became motherless... Read full biography
Hans Anders Krister Wigert, born October 8, 1932 in Karlskrona, died July 9, 2015 in Stavsnäs, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Major Carl-Gustaf Wigert and Elsa von Reis and from 1962 married to the ballet teacher Ann-Margret Louise Holmgren. Wigert became motherless shortly after birth and a nurse nursed him for three years while his father, who was a pilot, worked. He then grew up in Djursholm when his father worked for the air station Roslagen's air flotilla in... Read full biography
Hans Anders Krister Wigert, born October 8, 1932 in Karlskrona, died July 9, 2015 in Stavsnäs, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Major Carl-Gustaf Wigert and Elsa von Reis and from 1962 married to the ballet teacher Ann-Margret Louise Holmgren. Wigert became motherless shortly after birth and a nurse nursed him for three years while his father, who was a pilot, worked. He then grew up in Djursholm when his father worked for the air station Roslagen's air flotilla in Hägernäs. Due to difficulties with, among other things, dyslexia, drawing and sports came to dominate his youth. Wigert studied for a short time at Konstfackskolan but interrupted his schooling to travel to Spain and pursue self-study. When he returned... Read full biography
Hans Anders Krister Wigert, born October 8, 1932 in Karlskrona, died July 9, 2015 in Stavsnäs, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Major Carl-Gustaf Wigert and Elsa von Reis and from 1962 married to the ballet teacher Ann-Margret Louise Holmgren. Wigert became motherless shortly after birth and a nurse nursed him for three years while his father, who was a pilot, worked. He then grew up in Djursholm when his father worked for the air station Roslagen's air flotilla in Hägernäs. Due to difficulties with, among other things, dyslexia, drawing and sports came to dominate his youth. Wigert studied for a short time at Konstfackskolan but interrupted his schooling to travel to Spain and pursue self-study. When he returned to Sweden, he studied art for Staffan Hallström at Gerlesborgsskolan in 1959 and drawing for Bror Marklund as well as painting for Evert... Read full biography
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Hans Anders Krister Wigert, born October 8, 1932 in Karlskrona, died July 9, 2015 in Stavsnäs, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist.
He was the son of Major Carl-Gustaf Wigert and Elsa von Reis and from 1962 married to the ballet teacher Ann-Margret Louise Holmgren. Wigert became motherless shortly after birth and a nurse nursed him for three years while his father, who was a pilot, worked. He then grew up in Djursholm when his father worked for the air station Roslagen's air flotilla in Hägernäs. Due to difficulties with, among other things, dyslexia, drawing and sports came to dominate his youth.
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