The Gerlesborg School of Fine Art is an art school

Art school

Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or...

 located in the village of Gerlesborg, south of Hamburgsund

Hamburgsund

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 in Tanum Municipality

Tanum Municipality

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, Bohuslän

Bohuslän

' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold in Norway to the north...

, Sweden

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. The school also has a branch in Stockholm

Stockholm

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 and holds courses in Provence

Provence

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, France

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History

The Gerlesborg School of Fine Art was founded in 1944 by the painter Arne Isacsson

Arne Isacsson

Arne Isacsson was one of Sweden's most famous watercolour artists. Studied for Otte Sköld 1944-46.Isacsson was born in Ronneby, Sweden. He was the founder of the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in Gerlesborg, Stockholm and Provence. Professor of watercolour art. Recipient of the Illis Quorum medal...

. Hans Fromén, art historian, and Jöran Salmson, artist, were also teachers at that time. The activities grew fast and Isacsson and Fromén bought the boarding-house in Gerlesborg. In 1948, the college had its first course in Provence

Provence

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, France

France

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, in collaboration with Georg Suttner.

At the beginning of the 1950’s, the college was really established and the basis of the currently important artistic and cultural centre was laid, both nationally and internationally. The contacts with musicians, composers, authors and performing artists were increased.

In 1958, the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in Stockholm was founded. The head teachers were Georg Suttner and Staffan Hallström. From autumn 1993, the college is housed in the building of a former elementary school in the district of Hjorthagen.

In 1963, the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art Foundation was constituted and was allowed government subsidy. In 1969, at the schools 25-year anniversary, it was considered the largest free art college in Scandinavia

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Notable alumni

• Lennart Rodhe
  Lennart Rodhe
  Lennart Rodhe was a Swedish artist, painter and printmaker.Lennart Rodhe enrolled as a student in 1934 at Edward Berggrens studio at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm, and studied under Peter Rostrup-Boyesen i Köpenhamn and at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1938-44 with Sven...
  
  
• Palle Parnevi
• Staffan Hallström
• Vera Nilsson
• Arne Cassel
• Torsten Bergmark
• Per Lindecrantz
• Evert Lundqvist
• Torsten Renqvist
• Peter Dahl
  Peter Dahl
  Peter Dahl, born 16 February, 1934 in Oslo, Norway, is a Norwegian-born Swedish painter and printmaker.Dahl came to Sweden as a child in February 1939, when his parents settled in the Stockholm district of Bromma...
  
  
• Lars Lerin
• Inger Wihl
• Margareta Blomberg
• Lars Andreasson

External links

• Gerlesborgsskolan, official website