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1942 Uppsala, Sweden - 2009 Stockholm, Sweden. Known for: Narrative-based engravings and the project Kullahuset’s Secrets..
Sten Eklund was a Swedish painter and illustrator whose work combined narrative invention with a precise, often meticulous visual language. Eklund studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in... Read full biography
Sten Eklund was a Swedish painter and illustrator whose work combined narrative invention with a precise, often meticulous visual language. Eklund studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1966 to 1971, a period during which he developed an interest in enigmatic devices,... Read full biography
Sten Eklund was a Swedish painter and illustrator whose work combined narrative invention with a precise, often meticulous visual language. Eklund studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1966 to 1971, a period during which he developed an interest in enigmatic devices, constructions, and mechanical forms. Early in his career, he painted these imagined machines on glass or canvas, creating scenes that suggested systems, functions, or purposes that remained deliberately... Read full biography
Sten Eklund was a Swedish painter and illustrator whose work combined narrative invention with a precise, often meticulous visual language. Eklund studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1966 to 1971, a period during which he developed an interest in enigmatic devices, constructions, and mechanical forms. Early in his career, he painted these imagined machines on glass or canvas, creating scenes that suggested systems, functions, or purposes that remained deliberately obscure. Eklund is best known for his extensive project Kullahusets hemligheter (Kullahuset’s Secrets), a visual narrative centered on the fictional nineteenth-century botanist J. M. G. Paléen. The work consists of 53 hand-colored copper engravings... Read full biography
Sten Eklund was a Swedish painter and illustrator whose work combined narrative invention with a precise, often meticulous visual language. Eklund studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1966 to 1971, a period during which he developed an interest in enigmatic devices, constructions, and mechanical forms. Early in his career, he painted these imagined machines on glass or canvas, creating scenes that suggested systems, functions, or purposes that remained deliberately obscure. Eklund is best known for his extensive project Kullahusets hemligheter (Kullahuset’s Secrets), a visual narrative centered on the fictional nineteenth-century botanist J. M. G. Paléen. The work consists of 53 hand-colored copper engravings accompanied by related sculptural elements, forming a complex and idiosyncratic exploration of scientific observation, imagination, a... Read full biography
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Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Plexiglas
- •Watercolor/Watercolour