Peter Dahl is a painter, graphic artist, sculptor and author. He was born in Oslo and came to Stockholm during the war years in the 1940s and conducted studies at Academy Libre, 1957. Peter Dahl began studying at the Royal Institute of Art in 1958 until 1963 under Lennart Rhode. He was active as a teacher at Gelesborgsskolan during the 60’s and 70’s, as well as head teacher in painting at Valand, Gothenburg 1971-73 and professor at the Royal Institute of Art 1975-79. Dahl paints in an expressive realistic style with bright colors, sensual figure compositions with a critical perspective on the luxury of the upper class and the petty-bourgeois environment he himself did not come from. With one of Francis Bacon-inspired expressionism, he depicted in a suite the picture sequence of events in Medelsvensson’s daydreams of “the sweet life” in social group one. Over the years, Peter Dahl has continued with themed painting. 1981-1984, he illustrated Fredman's Epistles in 87 images. He is outgoing and likes to portray his own life with splashes of self-irony. There is a Swedish tradition in his painting, he likes to address the old and renews it. Lately his style became softer and more sensual, his dance and backlan motifs got drag from rococo. As a graphic artist, Dahl has become known especially for his congenial illustrations for Bellman’s “Fredman’s Epistles”. Peter Dahl is a great artists of our time, hugely productive and constantly popular.